Khanya Mtshali
South Africa
Khanya Mtshali is a writer and critic from Johannesburg, South Africa. She writes about literature, culture, tech, politics, and fashion. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Guardian, Bookforum, Mail & Guardian, The Johannesburg Review of Books, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. Khanya is the author of It's Not Inside, It's On Top: Memorable Moments in South African Advertising (2021) and she wrote the introduction to Last Interview and Other Conversations: Billie Holiday (2019). She currently works as a staff writer for Africa Is a Country.