November 27
Nigeria: Azu's 'Workbook' Sequel Plugs a Gap [opinion]
Premium Times
For Azu Ishiekwene, the "Workbook", cryptically called WMMI-W, is produced as an easy guide to understanding the main book - Writing for Media and Monetising It. Read more »
November 25
South Africa: Breyten Breytenbach - Prisoner of Apartheid Rulers, My Hero
Daily Maverick
Breytenbach had offended the apartheid rulers and now he was their prisoner. They were going to roll out the red carpet in the form of a show trial with the Judge President of the… Read more »
Africa: At Book Reading, Dutch Journalist Recounts Exposé On Heineken's Unethical Practices in Africa
Premium Times
The book details what the author described as Heineken's unethical operations, such as high-level corruption, suppression of local brewers, and collaborations with authoritarian… Read more »
November 21
Sudan: 'Leaving Omdurman' - Saad Obeid About the First Months of War in Sudan
Dabanga
After Radio Dabanga's English team obtained The Disaster, a book written by Saad Obeid, professor in theatre at the Sudan University, about life in Omdurman during the first five… Read more »
November 19
Nigeria: Bello-Fadile's 'Nine Lives' - Recounting History and National Memory
Premium Times
That this endeavour, among others, will inspire debate, is a very important part of the recognition and preservation of national memory. Read more »
Liberia: New Book Envisages Orphanage Homes Reform
Liberian Observer
Life wasn't easy for then-17-year-old Ahmed Paasewe when he lost his parents to the Ebola epidemic in 2014. He suffered abandonment as an orphan, and the feeling of being looked… Read more »
November 18
Nigeria: 'Nine Lives - The Bello-Fadile Memoirs' Presented to the Public
Premium Times
The book was authored by Ralph Sixtus Babatunde (RSB) Bello-Fadile, a retired colonel of the Nigerian Army, who recounts not only his experience but also the story of his life and… Read more »
November 14
Angola: Angolan Prince Started Campaign to End Atlantic Slave Trade Long Before Europeans Did - New Book [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
For centuries, it has been held that the ideas and movement for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade came from western abolitionists. No input from Africans has been… Read more »
November 12
South Africa: A South African Politician Ends Up Homeless in Nthikeng Mohlele's Spicy New Novel - but Is It Any Good? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Despite the flaws in the latest novel by South African writer Nthikeng Mohlele, there is something alluring about Revolutionaries' House. It is Mohlele's most political novel, and… Read more »
November 08
South Africa: Being Black in the World - a Tribute to Pioneering South African Psychologist Chabani Manganyi [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Professor Noel Chabani Manganyi, who has died at the age of 84, was a torchbearer in psychology, literature and African intellectual thought. Read more »
November 07
Zimbabwe: Pathisa Nyathi Laid to Rest
The Herald
IN a deeply moving and dignified ceremony, family, friends, Government officials, and cultural enthusiasts gathered yesterday to bid farewell to one of Zimbabwe's most cherished… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Pathisa Nyathi - Writer, Culturalist, Historian, Activist and Politician
The Herald
Veteran author, historian and cultural activist, Mr Pathisa Nyathi, has been described by many from the political, educational, religious and artistic sectors as a doyen and… Read more »
November 05
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Public Historian Pathisa Nyathi Has Died - He Restored the Erased History of the Ndebele People [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
When an elderly person dies, a library has burned down - the saying is a cliché, but has never been truer than in the case of Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away at the age of… Read more »
October 31
Africa: African Publishing Is Being Revolutionised - Report Explores Trends in Six Countries [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
African book publishing is in a rare moment of transformation, according to a new report. It's an industry that has historically survived at the mercy of multinational publishing… Read more »
October 30
Africa: State Fragmentation and New State Imaginaries - Maritime Access in the Horn of Africa [analysis]
African Arguments
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
October 25
Zimbabwe: How to End Zimbabwe's Poverty - 2024 Nobel Prize Winners
New Zimbabwe
The authors who diagnosed Zimbabwe's political and economic problems over a decade ago have won the 2024 Economics Nobel Prize. Read more »
October 17
Zimbabwe: Colonial White Boys in Zimbabwe - John Eppel's Autobiography Is a Welcome Book, but a Difficult Read [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Zimbabwean writer John Eppel's literary career has always been defined by one peculiar trait. He publishes fictional work, in stark contrast to the majority of the country's other… Read more »
