The internationally renowned award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie, has told friends that the death of one of her 21-month-old twin sons, Nkanu Nnamdi, was a result of critical failures during medical care in a Lagos private hospital. 

Ms Adichie stated that the medical procedures which her son was undergoing ought to have been routine, and that his death was avoidable. The hospital has announced that it has launched an investigation

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu commiserated

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has said he was "banned" from entering the U.S. after the revocation of his visa by the U.S. embassy in Nigeria. Soyinka said he is at a loss about what could be the reason for the sudden cancellation of his non-immigrant visa.

The playwright said the move has left him reflecting on his history with the U.S., noting that he doesn't have any past criminal record or

NoViolet Bulawayo has been awarded the Best of Caine award, an honorary prize marking the 25th anniversary of the Caine Prize for African Writing. 

The book, which won the 2011 Caine prize, follows a group of six children who sneak into an affluent neighbourhood in Budapest to steal guavas. The judges praised the short story's "powerful language, distinctive tone of voice, and bold and compelling

East African literary icon and acclaimed author Ngugi wa Thiong'o has died in the United States. He was 87.

He was a passionate advocate of writing in indigenous African languages, notably Gikuyu, to resist colonial legacies and elevate African identity through his groundbreaking novels like The River Between, A Grain of Wheat, and Petals of Blood.

His works, including The Upright

"We didn't know what it was. We had never experienced an infectious disease of such intensity," former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has said during a ceremony marking the launch of a new book on Liberia's battle with Ebola.

The book, titled Stepping Up tothe Plate: Liberia's Untold Ebola Story, is an initiative of the Liberia Institute for Growing Patriotism and the Angie Brooks

Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's long-awaited novel, Dream Count, has been released, marking her first major work in over a decade. 

The novel weaves together the lives of four African women - Chiamaka, a wealthy Nigerian travel writer; Zikora, a Nigerian lawyer and single mother; Kadiatou, a Guinean housekeeper who

Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo, a Senegalese writing duo, have won the prestigious Caine Prize for African writing for their short story, A Soul of Small Places.

In African cultures, the names given to children play an important role because they are often laden with meaning. Recent research on naming practices in Zimbabwe reveals that English names are still prevalent, a legacy of colonialism, although there is a growing trend towards embracing traditional names,

Award-winning writer Ayobami Adebayo took the literary world by storm with her debut novel Stay With Me in 2017. Six years later, she has followed up with an equally brilliant second novel,

NoViolet Bulawayo says while Zimbabwe inspired her latest book, Glory, she sees it as "my humble contribution" to the collective struggles of "resistance movements across the world challenging different forms of oppression..." The winner the The Booker Prize will be announced in London on October 17.