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MY TWO CENT'S WORTH with Audilia Wakesho MwamburiA Descry of the Daring the Undaring African Literature.A descry of the daring the undaring African literature is an echo of the perspective of Prof. Simon Gikandi's interview on "The Genealogies of African Literature ' interviewed by Tinashe Mushakavanhu as posted by the Brittle paper website on Sept. 2020; the interview had a mind-boggling question- "... Can we speculate the futures of African Literature?"
For brevity sake, the key highlight as a take away point into the descry of daring the undaring is simply put in Gikandi's words, open quote " One way of thinking about it, is to think about Africa as a floating signifier that means different things to...2022-07-2710 min
The Cheeky NativesLockdown Edition with Abi Daré: The Girl with the Louding Voice (Part 2)Send us a textAbi Daré grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived in the UK for eighteen years. She studied law at the University of Wolverhampton and has an M.Sc. in International Project Management from Glasgow Caledonian University as well as an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck University of London. The Girl with the Louding Voice won The Bath Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2018 and was also selected as a finalist in 2018 The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor competition. Abi lives in Essex with her husband and two daughters, who inspired her to write h...2020-09-1330 min
The Cheeky NativesLockdown Edition with Abi Daré: The Girl with the Louding Voice (Part 1)Send us a textAbi Daré grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived in the UK for eighteen years. She studied law at the University of Wolverhampton and has an M.Sc. in International Project Management from Glasgow Caledonian University as well as an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck University of London. The Girl with the Louding Voice won The Bath Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2018 and was also selected as a finalist in 2018 The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor competition. Abi lives in Essex with her husband and two daughters, who inspired her to write her...2020-09-1350 min
5 Xtra Loud MorningsA Look at African Literature with Dr Alma-Nalisha CeleOur Africa Month celebrations continue on today’s show, we want to tap into African Literature, the current state of it on the continent and globally, the trends and the interesting African authors to look out for. Nicole was joined by medical doctor & cofounder of popular South African literary podcast, the Cheeky Natives - Dr Alma-Nalisha2020-06-0312 min
The Cheeky NativesMphuthumi Ntabeni: Broken River TentSend us a textWritten about the life and times of Maqoma, the Xhosa chief who was at the forefront of fighting British colonialism in the Eastern Cape during the nineteenth century. The story is told through the eyes of a young South African, Phila, who suffers from what he calls triple ‘N’ condition – neurasthenia, narcolepsy and cultural ne plus ultra. It is touted as an entrancing novel that marries imagination with history in a foray into the rapidly growing genre of historical fiction.Phila, who returns from his architectural studies in Germany has to learn to rediscover home...2020-02-2047 min
The Cheeky NativesDr Ainehi Edoro-Glines: Brittle PaperSend us a textAfrican literature is changing’ - Brittle PaperBrittle Paper is your go-to site for African writing and literary culture. Brittle Paper brings you all the latest news and juicy updates on publications, authors, events, prizes, and lifestyle. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@brittlepaper) and sign up for our "I love African Literature" newsletter.Brittle Paper states that ‘the current generation of African readers are driven more by their tastes and passions than by allegiance to some abstract political idea. They are young, open, and unconventional in their interests. They are social media savvy and depe...2019-11-141h 04
The Cheeky NativesNthikeng Mohlele: Michael KSend us a text“Although this, of course, was not strictly true: I so desired Maureen that at times I temporarily lost my mind, any sense of restraint. That I imagined, with a sudden swell of emotions and enlightenment, how desperately I craved Greek salad: cucumbers. Lettuce, onion rings and baby tomatoes, only dressed with her springs, her womanly eruptions resultant from our imagined carnal sieges.” – Nthikeng Mohlele, Micheal K: a novelThis month Nthikeng Mohlele will publish his sixth Novel llumination, which he describes as “…an exploration of the nature and pitfalls of an artistic life. The backbone of the nar...2019-02-071h 10
Late Nights with Sara-Jayne KingJunior Doctors still unpaidGuest: Dr. Alma Nalisha Cele, Community Doctor - Gauteng Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights Topic: Junior Doctors still unpaidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-02-0611 min
The Cheeky NativesBorn To Kwaito Sihle Mthembu and Esinako NdabeniSend us a text“By unflinchingly depicting people in a township getting on with the everyday business of being themselves without the overarching gaze of whiteness, Yizo Yizo showcased that we were and are not as integrated as those Castle adverts had been leading us to believe. To say that Yizo Yizo is the greatest TV series of all time would sound hyperbolic to some, but what is certain is that in South Africa, the show provided a much-needed departure from the drib-drab, pedestrian television that had taken over in the ‘reconciliation’-fuelled 1990s. It served as a marque...2018-12-1149 min
The Literature CornerLiterature Corner: Lit QuizReigning champion Larry Khumala takes on Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele co- founder of Cheeky Natives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2018-11-0113 min
The Cheeky NativesDr Barbara Boswell: Grace: a novelSend us a text' "Why don’t we do that now? Paint?” Grace tried.And Mary would exhale the wordless sigh of a woman who had surrendered her dreams to the world too soon.' -Grace, a novel by Barbara BoswellDr Barbara Boswell(@BobbiBoswell) is an African feminist, writer, lecturer and mother whose novel “Grace” is the subject of our last edition of our Women in Literature series for the month of August.Grace is a deeply reflective account of a family living with the terror of domestic violence. Perhaps what makes this living reality even more frighten...2018-08-261h 09
The Cheeky NativesSara -Jayne King: Killing KarolineSend us a text'Motherhood is not for me, because what if - like heart disease and haemophila - the ability to abandon one's own children is hereditary? it's not a risk I'm prepared to take.' - Sara-Jayne King Sara-Jayne King is British South African journalist and writer who has travelled the world in her quest for identity while working as a renowned journalist. Her memoir “Killing Karoline” is both heart-breaking and inspiring about a child born out an illegal relationship in the 1980’s who existence is effectively denied out of embarrassment and prejudices not confronted.What become...2018-08-171h 01
The Cheeky NativesZinzi Clemmons: What We LoseSend us a text‘She comes to me in snatches - I remember pieces of her laugh, the look she gave when she was upset. Sometimes I sniff the bottle of perfume of hers that I saved, but it doesn't come close to the robustness of her smell. It is her, flattened. This is what it's really like to lose. It is complete and irreversible. How pernicious these little things called memories are. They barbed me once, but now that I no longer have many of them, I am devastated.’ — Zinzi Clemmons, What We LoseZinzi Clemmons was raised in Phi...2018-08-111h 01
The Cheeky NativesDr Danai Mupotsa: Feminist ResearcherSend us a textDr Danai Mupotsa is a lecturer in the field of African Literature. As a scholar and a writer she is committed to feminist, queer and anti-racist praxis. At the time of the recording of the podcast, the final touches were being put to Danai’s first collection of poetry titled ‘feeling and ugly.’ Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele sat down with the quietly brilliant Dr Danai Mupotsa to discuss the practical application of her politics in both academic and lived practices as both a writer and academic. The conversation touched on motherhood and the interesting ways it has...2018-07-271h 21
The Cheeky NativesLidudumalingani Mqombothi: Let your children name themselvesSend us a textLidudumalingani first caught our attention with his 2016 Caine Prize winning short story, “Memories we lost”, which discusses mental illness and issues of access in an often forgotten rural context, it was poignantand powerful giving a voice to a population often ignored. Lidudumalingani is a master of many trades as a writer, photographer and filmmaker. After the success of winning the Caine Prize, Lidudumalingani went on to win the Marshall Scholarship for his manuscript of his eagerly anticipated debut. Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele sat down with the prodigious Lidudumalingani to discuss photography, mental health and Black lite...2018-07-1746 min
The Cheeky NativesShailja Patel: MigritudeSend us a textMigritude is a term coined by the ineffable Shailja Patel which denotes the migrant attitude. In her book, Migritude, Shailja tells the story of migrant attitude through prose, poetry and short stories. Shailja is an internationally acclaimed Kenyan poet, playwright, theatre artist, and political activist. In this episode of the podcast, Patel sat and spoke to Dr Alma-Nalisha about her book, migration, politics, Kenya and identity. This is a conversation filled with musings about migration, womanhood and identity.Support the showfollow us on social media @cheekynatives2018-05-2659 min
The Cheeky NativesZukiswa Wanner: Hardly WorkingSend us a textIn the latest episode of the Cheeky Natives, Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele sat with the incomparable Zukiswa Wanner to discuss books, life and almost everything in between. Over the course of an afternoon, there was a wealth of mics dropped and wisdom shared. In this hilarious and heartwarming episode with Zukiswa Wanner who is a daughter of the soil in the most true sense of the word. Zambian born to South African and Zimbabwean parents and now living in Kenya where she is a writer and full time slayer. At the time of the podcast...2018-04-232h 03
The Cheeky NativesDudu Busani- Dube: The Hlomu SeriesSend us a textHlomu, Zandile and Naledi. Three seemingly random names but whose stories our readers are so invested in, you'd swear they were real. Dudu Busani-Dube, author of the Hlomu series, new editor and poster girl for the power of self-publishing joins Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele to talk about all things Hlomu: the wife series. In this frank and heartwarming episode, we reveal the machinations behind the fascinating lives of the Zulu's and the womxn in their lives. Love in a time of social media, family ties and our complicated relationship with our personal history take prime...2018-02-021h 08
The Cheeky NativesUpile Chisala: Soft Magic and NectarSend us a text‘A dose of nectar’ with Upile Chisala. So begins a conversation that can only be described as a black girl communion of spirit and ideas. Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele sat down with the ineffable Upile Chisala, author of two anthologies of poetry to discuss her role in the archiving of black womxn’s stories.After her second sold out performance in South Africa, the Cheeky Natives had the special honor of recording a podcast with this phenom.Upile rose to fame with her powerful poetry on social media, later self publishing her ode to melanin in all...2018-01-0945 min
The Cheeky NativesDr Alma-Nalisha Cele and Letlhogonolo: Catching upSend us a textWhat's up Cheeky?In the latest episode of the podcast we check in with Dr Slay and black boy magic, Letlhogonolo to find out just what's been popping over the past few months. It's a poignant episode with musings on love, life and grief. There's some wonderful meditations on the power of friendship and even some revelations around romance. It's just been over 6 months since our first episode and there have been some interesting moments since then. Join us as we check in with the Cheeky Natives. Catching up on love, friendship and life...2017-11-1256 min