Bongani Kona

Bongani Kona is a writer, editor, and co-curator of the Archive of Forgetfulness project.

He studied creative writing at the University of Cape Town and is the co-editor of Migrations (2017), a short story collection. His work has been broadcast on BBC and appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, including Chimurenga, Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu and Safe House: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction.

Kona was shortlisted for the Caine Prize in 2016 and was awarded the 2019 Ruth First Fellowship.

Author's books

Our Ghosts Were Once People

Our Ghosts Were Once People

Death is a fact of life but the experience of grief is as unique to each of us as our fingerprints. This poignant and thought provoking anthology gives us portraits of grief as seen through the eyes of prominent writers and poets.

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Stories on Death and Dying

Death is a fact of life but the experience of grief is as unique to each of us as our fingerprints. This poignant and thought provoking anthology gives us portraits of grief as seen through the eyes of prominent writers and poets.

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