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TopeLizbeth

The journal

Notes on Africa, writing, media and culture

Essays, arguments, corrections and behind-the-stories notes — written between the books and the broadcasts.

The journal opens soon

Nothing is published here yet. Rather than fill the page with invented essays, it waits for the first real entries.

Read the books instead

To supplyThe first essays — title, category, date and text. Say the word and the journal can also be moved into the site’s own database so entries can be posted without a rebuild.

The newsletter

Letters from the desk

New essays and episodes, sent when there is something worth saying.

Occasional letters on writing, Africa and the work in progress. No mailing service is connected yet, so nothing is sent automatically — addresses are held privately until one is.