Ntone Edjabe

Ntone Edjabe
Born	1970 (age 55–56) Douala, Cameroon
Occupations	Writer, journalist, DJ
Writing career
Notable work	Chimurenga magazine

Ntone Edjabe (born 1970) is a Cameroonian writer, journalist, DJ and founding editor of Chimurenga magazine.

Life and career

Ntone Edjabe was born in Douala, Cameroon, and he moved to Lagos, Nigeria, where he began his studies. In 1993, he interrupted his studies to move to South Africa. He works as a journalist, writer, DJ, and basketball coach.

In 1997, he became co-founder and manager of the Pan African Market, a commercial and cultural space located in Long Street in the centre of Cape Town. In 2002, he founded Chimurenga magazine. In 2004, he was facilitator of Time of the Writer, and in 2007 he participated in its 10th edition at the Centre for Creative Arts of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Edjabe is co-founder and member of the DJ collective Fong Kong Bantu Soundsystem.

In 2009, he was Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abramowitz Artist-in-Residence.

Recognition

In 2011, Edjabe won the Principal Award of the Prince Claus Awards, with his Chimurenga platform. In 2017, he was a member of the international jury that selected Anne Imhof as recipient of the Golden Lion for best national participation in the 57th Venice Biennale.

Works

In 2002, Edjabe became founder and director of Chimurenga magazine and curator of the series of publications African Cities Reader with Edgar Pieterse. He co-presented the radio programme Soul Makossa on Bush Radio 89.5, a station based in Cape Town. He is curator with Neo Muyanga of the Pan African Space Station (PASS). Among the publications to which he contributes are Politique africaine, L'Autre Afrique and BBC Focus on Africa.

Notes

Bibliography

• Dídac P. Lagarriga, "Chimurenga: who no know go know; An interview with Ntone Edjabe", in Africaneando, Revista de actualidad y experiencias, 2004.
• Trebor Scholz, "Chimurenga: Cape Town Now! Politics, Music, Culture: An interview with Ntone Edjabe", CTheory.net, 19/06/2002.
• Ntone Edjabe, "Chimurenga, Felasophy and the Quest for Lightness in the New South Africa", conferenza, MIT, 31/05/2009.
• "The New South Africa with Ntone Edjabe - Kwaito's Influence on SA Lit", 7:12m, Studio 360 (radio), 25/06/2010.
• Elissa Schappell and Rob Spillman, "The continental shelf", in Vanity Fair, July 2007.