About

The Black African Family is a literary publication by Charmaine Nyathi, devoted to delighting in Black African life on the continent and across the diaspora.

Here you’ll find essays about family, culture, literature, memory and the ordinary things that make a life, approached with curiosity, affection and utter delight.

New issues are published on the first of every month at 8pm Sydney time, beginning 1 January 2027.

Charmaine Nyathi is a Ndebele Zimbabwean Australian writer based in Sydney. The Black African Family is her home for essays and other literary work.

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