Edna Lewis’ incredible book The Taste of Country Cooking is not just a cookbook, this work functions both as instructional material and memoir, using recipes to tell the story of a year in the lives of people living in Freetown, the self-sustaining agricultural community in rural Virginia where Lewis grew up.
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Kalīla wa-Dimna (كليلة ودمنة), a book of animal fables, has has been translated into many languages over time and has become a text that has permeated political and moral philosophies around the world.
In which we quote extensively from Jane Eyre and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and find connections between the two.
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
“I see that. In one sense it’s a war because of all the cheating, plunder, rape, and so forth, but it’s different from all other wars because it’s a religious war and therefore pleasing unto God.”
“First of all, let me say: Chinelo Okparanta, you have my heart. For daring to write a novel that tackles so many taboos – queer love, religion, politics – all wrapped in the language of African idiom and folklore.”
All of the articles from the past month for people who like to savor their magpies’ tidings as an issue.
My Afro-kwea Journal, entry #2: The Death of Vivek Oji By Akwaeke Emezi
My goal is to read solely Afro-kwea books for at least the next year. Aside from my anger at the dismissal of African lives elsewhere, this ambition was also motivated by a new wave of homophobia that has spread across the continent … My goal is to counter this intolerance by doing my bit to increase our visibility.
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