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June 04, 2014
Kenya: Touching Tales of Coming Out Queer in Kenya
In the style of intimate confession, Invisible, a collection of personal stories, swirls around themes of first kisses, plotting co-workers, family rejection and acceptance. Read more »
March 28, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: Extraordinary Tales of Everyday Lives in the Congo
David Van Reybrouck's epic history of the Congo brings to life and honours the heroic lives of ordinary people as well as the extraordinary lives of the country's heroes. Read more »
November 15, 2013
Africa: African Literature - Why We Need to Hear Stories About Ourselves Again
When I first read the manuscript that would become What Sunny Saw in the Flames, I was immediately captivated. It had everything: a great story, engrossing characters, and a rich… Read more »
October 28, 2013
Africa: The Next Frontier for African Literature Is African Publishing
Living in the age of the amorphous Internet as a young writer comes with its obligations, delusions and accusations. These arise from trying to interact in a world in which the… Read more »
September 23, 2013
Africa: Rise of the Crime Novel in Africa
From corrupt detectives to questions of morality, the appetite for crime fiction is only growing across Africa - but these page-turners can do more than just entertain. Read more »
September 17, 2013
Uganda: Nation's 'Literary Desert' Is Back in Bloom
In 1969, Taban lo Liyong declared Uganda "a literary desert". In 2013, Oscar Ranzo and a growing number of Ugandan authors would beg to differ. Read more »
July 23, 2013
Africa: Soldiers of Fortune - Nigerian Politics From Buhari to Babangida (1983-1993)
From the stern Buhari to the cunning Babangida, Max Siollun's account of coups and politics in late-80s/early-90s Nigeria is clear, compelling and committed to truth. Read more »
June 13, 2013
Africa: Stanley Matthews - Wizard and King of Soccer
Jon Henderson, author of a new book on legendary England Footballer Stanley Matthews, looks at the long and lesser-known association between Matthews and Africa. Read more »
May 17, 2013
Nigeria: Americanah - The new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the jet-setting, cross-national Afropolitan experience, but not as a story of triumph. Read more »
April 26, 2013
Africa: Band-Aid for a Broken Leg
The recollections of a young MSF doctor provide a refreshing take on the humanitarian aid worker experience. Read more »
March 20, 2013
Africa: Can Feel-Good Activism Save the World?
Think Africa Press speaks to theorist Lilie Chouliaraki about how solidarity has become a consumerist choice rather than a conviction, and more about ourselves than others. Read more »
February 25, 2013
Africa: Ghana Must Go
Taiye Selasi explores the complex dynamics of an African family in a compelling novel that resonates with themes of migration, loss, love and beauty. Read more »
February 12, 2013
Africa: The EU and Africa - From Eurafrique to Afro-Europa
A valuable collection of essays sheds light on the complex relationship between Africa and the European Union. Read more »
December 03, 2012
Africa: The New Fight Over Who Owns the Earth
In his recent book, Fred Pearce examines the dynamics behind large-scale land acquisitions and their social, environmental and developmental effects. Read more »
November 29, 2012
Africa: In the House of the Interpreter
Ngugi wa Thiong'o's new memoir charts his life as a young man facing, and personally resolving, the contradictions he finds in being part of a colonial African elite. Read more »
November 26, 2012
Africa: An Interview With Nigerian Poet Uche Umez
The Nigerian writer and poet discusses the challenges facing the arts and political expression in Nigeria, and the country's growing desensitisation to tragedy. Read more »
November 23, 2012
Africa: Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law
In challenging typical accounts of child soldiers as passive, faultless victims, Mark Drumbl's book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of child soldiering. Read more »
November 09, 2012
Kenya: Read All About It - the Rise of Second-Hand Book Sales
Local entrepreneurs in Nairobi are doing well by capitalising on cheap used books imported from the West. Read more »
November 08, 2012
Nigeria: Review - There Was a Country By Chinua Achebe
In his book about the Biafran war, Achebe veers towards partisan politics rather than a personal memoir or balanced retelling of the history. Read more »
September 10, 2012
Africa: Review - Daughters Who Walk This Path
Yejide Kilanko, whose debut novel explores the persistence of status quo in Nigeria's patriarchal society, talks to Think Africa Press. Read more »
September 03, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Radio Sends Signals of Hope From Africa's Deadliest War
Full of revealing conversations with locals, Ben Rawlence's thoughtful and absorbing new book offers an alternative picture of the DRC. Read more »
August 15, 2012
Libya: Sandstorm - Libya in the Time of Revolution
harting Gaddafi's rise and fall, Lindey Hilsum's engaging, if often dispiriting, new book raises more questions than it answers. Read more »
August 07, 2012
South Africa: The ANC - 'An Extraordinary Past, but a Pedestrian Present'
Who Rules South Africa? by BBC World Service Africa Editor Martin Plaut and researcher and analyst Paul Holden is an up-to-date survey of the South African political landscape… Read more »
August 06, 2012
Kenya: Wainaina - One Day I Will Find My Voice
Despite Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina's successes and the publication of his first book, he is still uncomfortable and struggles to find his voice. Read more »
July 09, 2012
Africa: The Caine Prize - Is There Such a Thing As 'African Writing'?
This year's Caine Prize highlights the need to question the notion of 'African writing' if stereotypes of the continent are to be challenged. Read more »
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