Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian writer and African winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. (Rémy Ngamije/ Instagram)
Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian writer and photographer who refers to his services as a reader, writer and editor as “foot soldier work” in the continent’s literary space.
His debut novel
The Eternal Audience Of One, originally published by BlackBird Books
, is forthcoming from Scout Press. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Doek!, Namibia’s first literary magazine.
To name a few, Ngamije’s work has appeared in Litro Magazine, The Johannesburg Review of Books, The Amistad, The Kalahari Review, American Chordata, Doek!, Azure, Sultan s Seal, Santa Ana River Review, Columbia Journal, Necessary Fiction, Silver Pinion, and Lolwe.
She was remembered at a memorial service on Thursday.
Goetham died of Covid-19 related complications on Sunday.
A passion for local talent and a drive to give a voice to black and coloured authors are some of the attributes that characterised publisher Nadia Goetham, family and friends said at her memorial service. Nadia was publishing, and publishing was Nadia, said author and entertainment journalist Gavin Wildschutt-Prins at her memorial service.
Nadia completed her studies in journalism at Peninsula Technikon - now Cape Peninsula University of Technology - before taking up a post at Beeld. She later moved to the publishing sector.
Goetham s family announced her death on Sunday.
Social media has seen an outpouring of tributes for her.
Tributes have poured for publisher Nadia Goetham after her family announced her death on Sunday.
Nadia, 46, died of a Covid-19-related condition, her family said in a statement. It is with profound sadness that the family of Nadia Goetham can confirm that the beloved book publisher passed away this afternoon of a Covid-19-related medical condition, the statement said. Nadia, who carved her early career in print journalism and later made her mark in the book publishing arena, will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Her death was swift and untimely. Our hearts are shattered.
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From the ashes
Published in the Sunday Times (24/01/2021)
Although last year was annus horribilis, a few bright sparks came out of it. One was that people had time to write books. Good books. So there is plenty on offer this year to keep readers happy. Here are a few highlights, from all-time favourite novelists to debut writers and a few in between .
1. Already touted as the debut of the year is
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. The Guardian has said its magnificence is reminiscent of Toni Morrison. It s the love story of two men who are enslaved on a plantation in America s Deep South.