Wesley Macheso

All roads lead to Stellenbosch this Summer/Spring! Maties, our time has come...our Homecoming conference for the Graduate School of Arts &Social Sciences is here. Save the date; full cfp coming soon. Co-organised by yours truly :) @jmkwanya @Wesleymax89 please share widely

Very excited to appear on this list of talent. Congratulations to all shortlisted writers! milesmorlandfoundation.com/morland-africa…

The Spices Of Stone Town | @Wesleymax89 Then she remembered she was on this island looking for a part of her – a piece of stone that if not filled… would create a disaster, a hollowing chasm she may never get to fill until it swallowed her whole. Read full story in bio.

I'm pleased to share my latest academic publication on the link below: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

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Issue 22 | June 2025 is live. This mid-year edition features writers from Nigeria, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Morocco, with a conversation with Ghanaian-American novelist, Nana Ekua Brew Hammond (@nanaekua). Read full issue on the website. A&P: David “Obiefuna” Obi (@davidobi_).

Issue 22 | June 2025 features writers from Nigeria 🇳🇬, Ghana 🇬🇭, Malawi 🇲🇼, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, and Morocco 🇲🇦. Headliner: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond. A&P: @davidobi_ Release: Monday, 30th June, 2025.

This morning, the High Commissioner met with some academicians from University of Malawi @unima_official. The discussion focused on the crucial role academics play in Malawi's development journey and in supporting a peaceful election later this year.

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For African Writing!

We're open! Send us your poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews. We're excited to read your work. bit.ly/4fCmRMZ

PUBLISHED! 'Queering the Tropics' Part 1 Editors: Christian Benitez, Luke Chwala, @DrAnitaLundberg & S.N. Nyeck Free access here: journals.jcu.edu.au/index.php/etro… #queeringtropics #queertropics #LBGTQ #Free #OpenAccess #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

Very excited to be part of the Malawi Writing Better project. I look forward to some fruitful engagement with talented Malawian writers!

I'm pleased to share my latest academic publication on the link below. In the article, I demonstrate how trans/queer African writing participates in decoloniality through counterfactualism by queering colonial tropicality. #queeringtropics eTropic journals.jcu.edu.au/index.php/etro…

Thanks @USEmbassyLLW Lilongwe , We had a fruitful engagement on creativity and intellectual property rights.

Here is an interview I had at the International Writing Program, University of Iowa m.youtube.com/watch?v=FoBm_G…

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Excited to have some of my poems translated into Spanish! Spanish readers can access the poems and my interview below. Disfruta la lectura. Gracias!😁 agenciapacourondo.com.ar/fractura/wesle…

Some may be interested.