Category: Africa

Double Negative by Ivan Vladislavic



Double Negative by Ivan Vladislavic begins, a hapless 80s-era hipster in South Africa named Neville Lister is listing badly:

Just when I started to learn something, I dropped out of university, although this makes it sound more decisive than it was.

He works a brainless job, pretentiously puffs on a … Read the rest

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Philosophy Weekend: Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk

I wonder if all the glory that’s been heaped upon Nelson Mandela since his death on Thursday is hurting his feelings. This level of adulation has got to be hard for anyone to endure, living or dead.

Well, the glory is well-deserved, but just for the sake of originality I’d … Read the rest

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