In a world which is slowly approaching total literacy, it can be difficult to recall that reading and writing were once rare skills. Writing developed independently in several ... Read more »
The renowned writer has published a controversial memoir on the Biafran war, entitled There Was a Country. Read more »
Mame Bougouma Diene and Woppa Diallo, a Senegalese writing duo, have won the prestigious Caine Prize for African writing for t Read more »
In African cultures, the names given to children play an important role because they are often laden with meaning. Rec Read more »
Award-winning writer Ayobami Adebayo took the literary world by storm with her debut novel Read more »
In Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy's 'Last Frontier' Can Prosper and Matter, Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu examines how to change Africa and Nigeria. While rejecting 'Africa ... Read more »
Gabriel I.H. Williams, the author of "Liberia: The Heart of Darkness", returns to the publishing scene with the release of "Corruption is Destroying Africa: The Case of Liberia." ... Read more »
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 ... Read more »
The paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, renowned for uncovering evidence that humanity's ancestors evolved in Africa has died at the age of 77, President Uhuru Kenyatta has ... Read more »
South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction for his novel The Promise. This was the third time Galgut ... Read more »
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