Synopsis
The Cheeky Natives is a literary podcast primarily focused on the review, curatorship and archiving of black literature.
Recent Episode(s)
Jan 8, 2021
Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
“The only difference between lying and acting was whether your audience was in on it, but it was all a performance just the same.” Born and raise…
Play Nov 20, 2020
Brandon Taylor and Paul Mendez: Real Life and Rainbow Milk
“It was a cool evening in late summer when Wallace, his father dead for several weeks, decided that he would meet his friends at the pier after all.
Play Nov 7, 2020
Phumlani Pikoli: The Fatuous State of Severity
"The Fatuous State of Severity - a mouthful for most - was a state of mind I had learned to occupy while recuperating from a depressive episode at a p…
Play Sep 28, 2020
Lockdown Edition with Angela Makholwa: The Blessed Girl (Part 2)
Even as a young child, Angela Makholwa wanted to be a storyteller. Her first story was published at 13 and from then on a lifetime relationship with…
Play Sep 28, 2020
Lockdown Edition with Angela Makholwa: The Blessed Girl (Part 1)
Even as a young child, Angela Makholwa wanted to be a storyteller. Her first story was published at 13 and from then on a lifetime relationship with…
Play Sep 13, 2020
Lockdown Edition with Abi Daré: The Girl with the Louding Voice (Part 2)
Abi DarĂ© grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived in the UK for eighteen years. She studied law at the University of Wolverhampton and has an M.Sc. in…
Play Sep 13, 2020
Lockdown Edition with Abi Daré: The Girl with the Louding Voice (Part 1)
Abi DarĂ©Â grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived in the UK for eighteen years. She studied law at the University of Wolverhampton and has an M.Sc. i…
Play Aug 7, 2020
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Friday Black
At the Open Book Festival, held in Cape Town in 2019, The Cheeky Natives sat down with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to discuss his debut collection of sho…
Play Apr 18, 2020
Ming Cheau Lin: Yellow and Confused
Yellow And Confused released in 2019 is the latest offering from cookbook author, blogger and storyteller Ming-Cheau Lin. Yellow and Confused is a m…
Play Mar 17, 2020
Morgan Parker is American poet, novelist, and editor and the author of the poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night (2015), Th…
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