Chimurenga Chronic Out Now!

chimurenga_chronic_front_pageThe Chimurenga Chronic is a one-day-only edition of a fictional weekly newspaper backdated to the first week of the xenophobic violence that rocked South Africa from May 11-18 2008.

Part art object, part critical commentary on the unsaid in everyday discourse, The Chimurenga Chronic reinvents the newspaper bringing together some of our continent’s leading writers, photographers and artists, to create a beautiful and thoroughly absorbing limited edition collector's item accessorised for your coffee table.

The project is a collaboration between Cassava Republic Press, the hyper-hip Kenyan-based magazine Kwani?, and the avant-garde South African journal Chimurenga.

Copies are available for N5,000 in Nigeria (£20/$35 excl. postage to anywhere else). Contact info@cassavarepublic.biz and place your order now.
 
Now Available

To See the Mountain and other stories

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Cassava Republic presents the 2011 edition of the Caine Prize for African Writing’s short story collection.

Ever since it first appeared on our shelves in 2008, this series featuring short stories from around Africa has been hugely popular. This year, we are excited to bring you stories by prize-winner NoViolet Bulawayo, as well as Beatrice Lamwaka, Tim Keegan and many more.

This collection sells out quickly, so be sure to get your copy now.

Contact info@cassavarepublic.biz for more information.

 
 
How to buy our books

We will shortly be activating our epayments platform so you will be able to shop using Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Interswitch and ship to Nigeria and overseas (depending on the book). Until then, there are several ways you can buy our books.  If you are in Nigeria, you can buy from these shops. If you are buying and shipping to a non-Nigerian address using an international card, please contact us at buy@cassavarepublic.biz to make your order.

Thanks!

 
 

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