Book Launches

INVITE | Book Talk by Kirk Sides on Environmental Entanglements: African Literature’s Ecological Imaginary | 31 March | 12:30

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 26 March, 2026 - 08:26

Book Launches

Tuesday, 31 March, 2026 - 12:30

Read more about INVITE | Book Talk by Kirk Sides on Environmental Entanglements: African Literature’s Ecological Imaginary | 31 March | 12:30

INVITE | Book Discussion | The Nightwatchman with Hlonipha Mokoena | 16 Oct | 6pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 7 October, 2025 - 20:12

Book Launches

Thursday, 16 October, 2025 - 18:00

Read more about INVITE | Book Discussion | The Nightwatchman with Hlonipha Mokoena | 16 Oct | 6pm

Clawing Back -- Book Discussion with Deborah James | 7 Oct | 12:30

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 29 September, 2025 - 09:45

Book Launches

Tuesday, 7 October, 2025 - 12:30

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Launch of NONTSIZI MGQWETHO - The POET OF THE PEOPLE (1919–1929) by Thulani Mkhize | 18 Sept | 6pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 12 September, 2025 - 10:15

Book Launches

Thursday, 18 September, 2025 - 17:30

Read more about Launch of NONTSIZI MGQWETHO - The POET OF THE PEOPLE (1919–1929) by Thulani Mkhize | 18 Sept | 6pm

Book discussion by Julia Tischler on Cultivating Race

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 14 August, 2025 - 10:28

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Wednesday, 27 August, 2025 - 13:00

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Book discussion by Rosalind C. Morris

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 14 August, 2025 - 10:19

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Monday, 25 August, 2025 - 13:00

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On Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage - Jonny Steinberg in conversation with Hlonipha Mokoena

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 18 November, 2024 - 10:24

Book Launches

Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 - 16:00

A discussion of Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

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INVITE | Book Launch | Publishing from the South : A Century of Wits University Press | 18 Nov | 17:30 for 18:00 | Love Books

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 13 November, 2024 - 08:29

Book Launches

Monday, 18 November, 2024 - 17:30

Read more about INVITE | Book Launch | Publishing from the South : A Century of Wits University Press | 18 Nov | 17:30 for 18:00 | Love Books

OUR SCIENCE OURSELVES by Christa Kuljian

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 4 October, 2024 - 12:16

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Thursday, 14 November, 2024 - 18:00

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The Syndicate of Twenty-Two Natives - The Stan Sangweni Story

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 7 November, 2024 - 09:06

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Thursday, 7 November, 2024 - 18:00

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Book discussion of Your History With Me: The Films of Penny Siopis edited by Sarah Nuttall

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 4 October, 2024 - 14:20

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Monday, 28 October, 2024 - 13:00

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Izimpabanga Zomhlaba - Frantz Fanon by Makhosazana Xaba

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 4 October, 2024 - 13:55

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Thursday, 17 October, 2024 - 18:00

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Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 22 January, 2024 - 12:01

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Thursday, 22 February, 2024 - 13:00

WiSER Seminar room or register

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Reading for Water: Materiality and Method edited Isabel Hofmeyr, Charne Lavery and Sarah Nuttall

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 27 October, 2023 - 07:06

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Sunday, 31 December, 2023 - 12:00

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Translating Technology in Africa. Volume 1: Metrics | Brill

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 20 November, 2023 - 08:55

Book Launches

Thursday, 30 November, 2023 - 12:00

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INVITE | CONGO STYLE : From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence by Ruth Sacks | 28 Sept | 6pm | ONLINE

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 14 September, 2023 - 08:41

Book Launches

Thursday, 28 September, 2023 - 18:00

Read more about INVITE | CONGO STYLE : From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence by Ruth Sacks | 28 Sept | 6pm | ONLINE

Book Launch | The Revolution will not be Litigated - Edited by Katie Redford & Mark Gevisser | 21 Sept | 6pm

Submitted by Najibha Deshmukh on 19 September, 2023 - 11:37

Book Launches

Thursday, 21 September, 2023 - 18:00

On Thursday.

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Reading From the South : African Print Cultures and Oceanic Turns in Isabel Hofmeyr’s Work | 6 September | 4pm @WISEROnline

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 29 August, 2023 - 13:56

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Wednesday, 6 September, 2023 - 16:00

Read more about Reading From the South : African Print Cultures and Oceanic Turns in Isabel Hofmeyr’s Work | 6 September | 4pm @WISEROnline

Book discussion with Faeeza Ballim on ESKOM: Power, Politics and the (Post) Apartheid State

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 17 July, 2023 - 11:42

Book Launches

Thursday, 27 July, 2023 - 17:00

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INVITE | Book Launch and Discussion on Jochen Arndt's new book | 25 April | 12:30

Submitted by Najibha Deshmukh on 18 April, 2023 - 10:45

Book Launches

Tuesday, 25 April, 2023 - 12:30

Read more about INVITE | Book Launch and Discussion on Jochen Arndt's new book | 25 April | 12:30

NONI JABAVU A Stranger at Home

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 28 March, 2023 - 11:13

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Wednesday, 5 April, 2023 - 13:00

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POSTPONED | Book discussion | NONI JABAVU - A Stranger at Home | 2 March | 6pm | In-Person

Submitted by Najibha Deshmukh on 22 February, 2023 - 09:45

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Thursday, 2 March, 2023 - 18:00

Read more about POSTPONED | Book discussion | NONI JABAVU - A Stranger at Home | 2 March | 6pm | In-Person

INVITE | Book discussion | IN THE SKIN OF THE CITY - Spatial Transformation in Luanda by António Tomás | 8 Feb | 7pm | ONLINE

Submitted by Najibha Deshmukh on 27 January, 2023 - 14:25

Book Launches

Thursday, 9 February, 2023 - 18:00

Read more about INVITE | Book discussion | IN THE SKIN OF THE CITY - Spatial Transformation in Luanda by António Tomás | 8 Feb | 7pm | ONLINE

INVITE | Book discussion | CHANGING THE SUBJECT | Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India by Srila Roy | 31 Jan | 5pm

Submitted by Najibha Deshmukh on 19 January, 2023 - 16:45

Book Launches

Tuesday, 31 January, 2023 - 17:00

Read more about INVITE | Book discussion | CHANGING THE SUBJECT | Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India by Srila Roy | 31 Jan | 5pm

Online Book Discussion | WORRIER STATE | Risk, anxiety and moral panic in South Africa by Nicky Falkof | 21 Sept | 6pm

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 14 September, 2022 - 13:05

Book Launches

Wednesday, 21 September, 2022 - 18:00

Read more about Online Book Discussion | WORRIER STATE | Risk, anxiety and moral panic in South Africa by Nicky Falkof | 21 Sept | 6pm

BOOK LAUNCH: Foundational African Writers | Johannesburg - Thurs, 28 July 2022 - 17:30

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 26 July, 2022 - 03:28

Book Launches

Wednesday, 27 July, 2022 - 12:00

BOOK LAUNCH: Foundational African Writers | Johannesburg - Thurs, 28 July 2022 - 17:30

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Dockside Reading: Hydrocolonialism and the Custom House

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 19 July, 2022 - 13:14

Book Launches

Thursday, 21 July, 2022 - 12:00

Zoom link, click

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Book Launch | Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 13 May, 2022 - 08:25

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Thursday, 26 May, 2022 - 17:30

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DECOLONISATIONS OF LITERATURE - Critical Practice in Africa and Brazil After 1945 Launch | 26 May | 4pm (Jhb time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 9 May, 2022 - 11:24

Book Launches

Thursday, 26 May, 2022 - 16:00

Read more about DECOLONISATIONS OF LITERATURE - Critical Practice in Africa and Brazil After 1945 Launch | 26 May | 4pm (Jhb time)

Invite | Book Launch | Isabel Hofmeyr and Charne Lavery | 15 March | 5pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 16 February, 2022 - 17:36

Book Launches

Tuesday, 15 March, 2022 - 17:00

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Strange Cargo by Ashraf Jamal launches 3 March

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 3 March, 2022 - 11:18

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Thursday, 3 March, 2022 - 17:00

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After Covid : An on-line panel discussion with Adam Tooze, Hilary Cooper and Simon Szreter

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 19 January, 2022 - 15:56

Book Launches

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 - 18:00

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Invitation | Book Panel | Luise White - Fighting and Writing | November 25 at 6pm

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 11 November, 2021 - 09:50

Book Launches

Thursday, 25 November, 2021 - 18:00

WiSER invites you to the launch and panel discussion of

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INVITE | Book Launch and Discussion | THE NEW APARTHEID by Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh | 4 August | 6pm (SA time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 29 July, 2021 - 10:27

Book Launches

Wednesday, 4 August, 2021 - 18:00

Read more about INVITE | Book Launch and Discussion | THE NEW APARTHEID by Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh | 4 August | 6pm (SA time)

INVITE | Book Launch and Discussion | NATION ON THE COUCH - Inside South Africa's Mind by Wahbie Long | 28 July | 6:15pm (SA time)

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 19 July, 2021 - 13:59

Book Launches

Wednesday, 28 July, 2021 - 18:00

Read more about INVITE | Book Launch and Discussion | NATION ON THE COUCH - Inside South Africa's Mind by Wahbie Long | 28 July | 6:15pm (SA time)

Launch of Beinart and Dubow Scientific Imagination in South Africa

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 4 June, 2021 - 13:30

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Monday, 21 June, 2021 - 18:00

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INVITE | Book Launch and Discussion | Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature by Ato Quayson | 10 June | 6pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 31 May, 2021 - 14:24

Book Launches

Thursday, 10 June, 2021 - 18:00

WiSER invites you to the launch of

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“A ghost has rights too. The paradox of Dambudzo Marechera’s post-death legacy”

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 7 May, 2021 - 16:30

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Monday, 10 May, 2021 - 16:00

“A ghost has rights too. The paradox of Dambudzo Marechera’s post-death legacy”

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WISER invites you to the launch of Noah Tamarkin's Genetic Afterlives : Black Jewish Indigeneity in South Africa

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 23 February, 2021 - 15:14

Book Launches

Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 - 18:00

Read more about WISER invites you to the launch of Noah Tamarkin's Genetic Afterlives : Black Jewish Indigeneity in South Africa

Book Launch and Discussion of Lesley Green's Rock | Water | Life - Ecology and humanities for a decolonial South Africa | 16 Feb | 5pm

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 9 February, 2021 - 07:36

Book Launches

Wednesday, 17 February, 2021 - 16:30

Read more about Book Launch and Discussion of Lesley Green's Rock | Water | Life - Ecology and humanities for a decolonial South Africa | 16 Feb | 5pm

Invitation | Book Launch | Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa by David Johnson | 4pm November 10

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 27 October, 2020 - 10:11

Book Launches

Wednesday, 11 November, 2020 - 15:30

WISER invites you to join us for the launch of Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa :

Read more about Invitation | Book Launch | Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa by David Johnson | 4pm November 10

Book Launch and Discussion of Lynn M. Thomas’s Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners | 22 Sept | 6pm

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 10 September, 2020 - 18:43

Book Launches

Wednesday, 23 September, 2020 - 17:30

WiSER invites you to the launch of

Read more about Book Launch and Discussion of Lynn M. Thomas’s Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners | 22 Sept | 6pm

launch of Alexandra Halligey's new book on Participatory Theatre and the Urban Everday in South Africa

Submitted by Phumeza Majola on 13 February, 2020 - 11:19

Book Launches

Friday, 28 February, 2020 - 16:30

Read more about launch of Alexandra Halligey's new book on Participatory Theatre and the Urban Everday in South Africa

Invite | Book discussion | Knowledge and Global Power : Making new sciences in the South | 3 Oct | 4pm

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 25 September, 2019 - 10:28

Book Launches

Friday, 4 October, 2019 - 15:30

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Book Launch : Mark Hunter -- Race for Education: Gender, White Tone, and Schooling in South Africa | 6 Aug | 4:30 pm

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 26 July, 2019 - 09:22

Book Launches

Tuesday, 6 August, 2019 - 16:30

Read more about Book Launch : Mark Hunter -- Race for Education: Gender, White Tone, and Schooling in South Africa | 6 Aug | 4:30 pm

Book Launch : Robert Vinson's biography of Albert Luthuli

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 23 June, 2019 - 19:32

Book Launches

Friday, 28 June, 2019 - 15:30

WISER invites you to join us for the launch of

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Book Talk : What Technology Can't Fix by Nanjala Nyabola

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 14 February, 2019 - 11:53

Book Launches

Wednesday, 27 February, 2019 - 12:30

WISER and the Programme of African Digital Humanities invite you to join us for a book talk by N

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Book Launch : Bill Freund's Twentieth-Century South Africa - A Developmental History

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 14 February, 2019 - 12:33

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Thursday, 21 February, 2019 - 16:30

WISER invites you to the launch of Bill Freund's Twentieth Century South Africa

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Invite: Launch of Acts of Transgression - Contemporary live art in South Africa | 20 Feb | 1pm

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 18 February, 2019 - 10:48

Book Launches

Thursday, 21 February, 2019 - 12:30

WiSER and Wits University Press invite you to the launch

Read more about Invite: Launch of Acts of Transgression - Contemporary live art in South Africa | 20 Feb | 1pm

Book Discussion : Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama | 25 Oct | 6pm

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 9 October, 2018 - 09:06

Book Launches

Friday, 26 October, 2018 - 17:30

WiSER invites you to a launch and book discussion of a new book by Zanele Muholi (Artist

Read more about Book Discussion : Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama | 25 Oct | 6pm

Book Launches

WiSER Seminar room or register

On Thursday.

WISER invites you to join us for the launch of Dreaming of Freedom in South Africa :

WiSER invites you to the launch of

WISER and the Programme of African Digital Humanities invite you to join us for a book talk by N

WISER invites you to the launch of Bill Freund's Twentieth Century South Africa

WiSER invites you to a launch and book discussion of a new book by Zanele Muholi (Artist

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