Namwali Serpell

is a Zambian writer and associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Her first novel is The Old Drift (Hogarth, 2019).

Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power

Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power

As the contemporary film landscape heralds the coming of a class war, Diop’s beautiful movie reckons with capital and labor in groundbreaking fashion.

Nov 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Namwali Serpell

Jordan Peele’s Dive Into the Uncanny Valley

Jordan Peele’s Dive Into the Uncanny Valley Jordan Peele’s Dive Into the Uncanny Valley

The possibilities of Us redouble endlessly... and a little fruitlessly. 

Mar 25, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Namwali Serpell

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