Rebecca Fasselt

Here we go with the CFP Full details on drive.google.com/file/d/1rhLNFV…

CFP: Rethinking Refugeehood in Contemporary African Migration Narratives Editors: Rebecca Fasselt and Joya Uraizee Deadline for proposals/abstracts: November 8, 2024 linkedin.com/posts/j-i-d-e-…

Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza On Namibian soil, #Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most inhumane and brutal conditions. The German Government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil. Therefore, in light of Germany’s inability to draw lessons from its horrific history, President @hagegeingob expresses deep concern with the shocking decision communicated by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany yesterday, 12 January 2024, in which it rejected the morally upright indictment brought forward by South Africa before the #InternationalCourtofJustice that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza. Worryingly, ignoring the violent deaths of over 23 000 Palestinians in Gaza and various United Nations reports disturbingly highlighting the internal displacement of 85% of civilians in Gaza amid acute shortages of food and essential services, the German Government has chosen to defend in the International Court of Justice the genocidal and gruesome acts of the Israeli Government against innocent civilians in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Germany cannot morally express commitment to the United Nations Convention against genocide, including atonement for the genocide in Namibia, whilst supporting the equivalent of a holocaust and genocide in Gaza. Various international organizations, such as Human Rights Watch have chillingly concluded that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. President Geingob reiterates his call made on 31 December 2023, “No peace-loving human being can ignore the carnage waged against Palestinians in Gaza”. In that vein, President Geingob appeals to the German Government to reconsider its untimely decision to intervene as a third-party in defence and support of the genocidal acts of Israel before the International Court of Justice.

Mind you, 12th January 2024, the day Germany voiced its support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza marked the 120th anniversary of the start of Germans genocide in Namibia that led to the killing of 75% of the Herero population.

The current violence in the occupied Palestinian territory is incomprehensible and incompatible with the realization of economic, social and cultural rights. The illegal occupation is genocidal by nature and Palestinians have been living under the crushing weight of oppression.

One of my favourite days of the year. I got invited to guest lecture at my alma mater UP about the art of the short story.

Travel well, friend and mentor! You played it well and most joyously. premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/…

Go grab your copies!!!

So get this, Beaches, a story in White Chalk is being taught at UP and is an assignment topic AND I was invited to guest lecture!

A guest lecturer

In their second book, a collection of short stories, the author takes from their own life and losses and aspires to create a new world that is better for all its diverse inhabitants, writes @sazibongwe_ | @TA_4Short. #ShortStories #diversity #WhiteChalk newframe.com/terry-ann-adam…

To fully comprehend the significance of the UK-Rwanda deal, we must first recognise how it is based on sophisticated colonial aphasia that exploits widely held beliefs about single, young, racialized men being dangerous & incompatible with vulnerability. africasacountry.com/2022/06/migran…

Guest-edited by long-time editorial board chairman and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, alongside scholar Alessandra Di Maio, Transition Magazine’s groundbreaking 60th-anniversary issue 132: The Black in the Mediterranean Blue is here. muse.jhu.edu/issue/47952

Look what has arrived from the printers! Now safely in the hands of the editors, Khosi Xaba & Khwezi Mkhize. 'Foundational African Writers', looking at the life & legacy of 4 classic South African writers: Peter Abrahams, Noni Jabavu, Sibusiso Nyembezi and Es’kia Mphahlele.

The South African-Nigerian novelist Yewande Omotoso has reimagined her deepest loss in 'An Unusual Grief', the darkly funny story of a mother who infiltrates her dead daughter’s life | @CarlosCartoons | @Ihsaan_Haffo. #Grief #Novel #writer #Art #mother newframe.com/the-geometry-o…

We invite all our followers to become registered members of the #ASAA and let us together build a strong African based association. Find out more from here as-aa.org/index.php/memb… @kafmurhula @divinefuh @Africaishome

A good book I will recommend on postcolonial African Genocide Novel is @AnyadubaArthur's book. My review is out on it at English Academy Review. Thanks Prof @RFasselt for recommending me. A good glimpse into the troubling terrain Anyaduba dabbles into. tandfonline.com/eprint/AFA6D5R…

This looks like a great new volume. Will there be a launch event? ⁦⁦@RFasselt⁩ ⁦@CorinneSandwith⁩ The Short Story in South Africa: Contemporary Trends and Perspectives routledge.com/The-Short-Stor…