July 30
Tanzania: Mkuki Bgoya - 'Swahili Writers Should Be Mandatory Reading in Tanzania, but There's a Deep Trauma Around Books'
Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Zanzibari-born 2021 Nobel Literature laureate's grand homecoming was punctuated by the translation of his masterpiece, Paradise, into Kiswahili. His… Read more »
July 22
Africa: The Long Shadow of German Colonialism
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 »
March 26
Africa: The Future of IGAD Amidst Turmoil in the Horn
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 »
January 16
Africa: The Best African Books of 2023
Once more, African writers from the continent and diaspora have provided us some literary gems. Our top novels of 2023, in no particular order. Read more »
March 08, 2023
Africa: Who Wants to Hear About White Saviourism Gone Wrong?
A new book on the Congo recycles stereotypes of Africa as a wasteland in need of saving in all its promo. It's been rapturously received in the West. Read more »
February 10, 2023
Africa: African Fiction in 2023
2022 saw writers from Africa and the Diaspora bring us some literary gems (see our list of Best Books of 2022). 2023 promises to be no different. So here we bring you a list of… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: The Best African Books of 2022
From the thought provoking and evocative to the laughter inducing, here are our best African books of 2022 (in no particular order). Read more »
November 17, 2022
Africa: Is It Time to Abandon Decolonisation?
Decolonisation has become an uncritical and condescending buzzword used to police what it means to be African, argues a sharp new book. Read more »