Project
A Season of Prosperity (working title)
This novel will blend a sequence of narratives, set at various turning points in the history of the British Virgin Islands from 1807 To present day, concerned with the themes of body and work, individual and collective identity, and the intersections of trauma and Virgin Islander identity.
Project
Beware of Bad Dogs, A Novel
A story set in contemporary Sierra Leone about a group of politicians who view themselves as leading a prosperous and progressive country versus those of the masses, the citizens, whose experiences differ.
Project
Echoes: A Collection of Historical Short Stories (working title)
This project looks back at history via the short story genre.
Project
Open air discourse: romances of resistance in the Somali women’s struggle for independence
Mingling together historical record, myth and fiction, my aim is to write a play taking place in Mogadishu during the struggle for independence from Italy soon after the Second World War.
Publication
Reimagining the “literary” in South African Literary Studies
Brown, Duncan. 2016. Reimagining the “literary” in South African Literary Studies. English in Africa 43(3):141. http://www.ajol.info/index.p...
Project
Axis and Revolution
The themes of the collection Axis and Revolution, my fourth book of poetry, range from poetry as autobiography to the contemporary legacy of slavery, a topic that has engaged my critical as well as creative writing.
