The “Fela! The Musical” craze hasn’t reached the Low Countries (yet), but that doesn’t stop Dutch ZAM Magazine from including in its latest issue some old, but previously unpublished pictures, of Fela in Paris shot by Anton Corbijn.

The magazine’s December issue also features an interview with Belgian author David van Reybrouck about his monumental history of Congo, of which already more than 150.000 copies have been sold within a year — not bad for a work of history. An English translation of the book will follow soon and we can recommend it. There is also a story by Zackie Achmat and work by Akintunde Akinleye and South African ceramicist Ruan Hoffmann. Also included are contributions from writers Petina Gappah and Chimamanda Adichie, and then some more.

But the real reason for plugging ZAM again (see our previous post), is because they’re promising to launch an international English edition this year. Looking forward to it. – Tom Devriendt

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