Following the cancellation of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature as a result of a sexual scandal, that rocked the Swedish Academy -  a non-profit organization called The ... Read more »

Interested in what interests Barack Obama? Take a look at his list of choice reads that cover important issues that continue to define the continent, which include the impact of ... Read more »

Makena Onjerika has won the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story, Fanta Blackcurrant. Read more »

The Nigerian-German writer Efua Traoré is the regional winner for Africa of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She was selected for her narrative of a 13-year-old boy ... Read more »

At the mention of the words "National Library", one pictures a serene, well-furnished environment, with all kinds of books ranging from some of the oldest to the most recent. This ... Read more »

Louis Lakor was abducted in a night raid and forced to become a child soldier with the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, which terrorised northern Uganda for nearly two decades ... Read more »

If you're looking for a dozen great novels, look no further than the list of the Greatest Books Ever Written on the website of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Late Nigerian author ... Read more »

The journalist and author wrote the book The President's Keepers, which told of corrupt relationships that former president Jacob Zuma allegedly had with several people, including Read more »

Caroline Broue, a French journalist asked internationally acclaimed Nigerian writer if there are bookstores in her country. Adichie, in her Facebook post after the interview, said ... Read more »

Nyasha Bakare, the wife of prize-winning, U.S.-based Cameroonian novelist Patrice Nganang, has welcomed the release of her husband who was detained after he allegedly insulted and ... Read more »