July 15
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The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of the Global Political Agreement [analysis]
African Arguments
Brian Raftopoulos (editor), The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (Harare: Weaver Press in association with Solidarity Peace Trust, 2013) Read more »
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Book Charts Path From Harmful Land Grabs to People-Centred Investment in Africa [press release]
IIED
The time is ripe for a new approach to the large-scale land deals that ultimately connect millions of consumers and savers in rich nations with millions of poor rural farmers in... Read more »
July 11
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The Caine Prize Controversy - How African Do You Have to Be?
Daily Maverick
This year's winner of the Caine Prize for African writing wasn't born in Africa, and has never lived here (except for a short stint at the University of Cape Town). Is Tope Folarin... Read more »
July 10
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Book, Film Exhibition Opens Perspectives On Angola 2013
ANGOP
The release of the 1st volume of the book Angola - Birth of a Nation, coordinated by the Portuguese citizens Jorge António and Maria do Carmo Piçarra, and the... Read more »
July 07
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Project Ws79 - Memoirs for Our Future
This Day
Since its conception, the Open Door Series, Project WS, has been a platform for international cultural exchange. It was inspired by the essence and ideals of the Nobel Laureate,... Read more »
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Revelling in a Mix of Gaiety and the Cerebral [opinion]
This Day
How do you combine the cerebral and gaiety in a celebration? It seemed a tall order when the organising committee received the brief for the Abuja Writers' Forum's (AWF) fifth... Read more »
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Rights Group to Launch Book About Anti-Morsi Revolution [press release]
HRInfo
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), stated that it has documented 154 martyr during the reign of the former president Mohamed Morsi in the period from July 1,... Read more »
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Taking On the Paradoxes of Human Experiences Through Poetry
Daily Trust
A collection of poems, Pardoxes, by Zakari Tata, is one of the latest additions to the literary writings about life and happiness. Read more »
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Achebe and Father of African Literature - So Sad Soyinka Raised the Issue At the Wrong Time - - Nwankwo [interview]
Vanguard
Chimalum Nwankwo, fiery literary critic and award-winning poet, is Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English and World Literatures at Nigerian-Turkish Nile University, Abuja. He... Read more »
July 02
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Rwanda Inc - a Must Read for Everyone With Africa At Heart [book review]
New Times
Desmond Tutu once asserted that "If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." This view is reinforced through Rwanda Inc. a book that I... Read more »
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