Gikuyu in Catalonia
The loss of African languages, their link with identity, and their role in forging decolonial futures.
The loss of African languages, their link with identity, and their role in forging decolonial futures.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o's perturbing review of Maya Jasanoff's travelogue of going up the Congo River as she's accompanied by Joseph Conrad's novel, 'Heart of Darkness."
The Nobel Prize for Literature buzz around Ngugi’s wa Tiong'o's points to both his seminal contributions to African literature but also his work to kept the memory of Kenya’s divisive past alive.
The writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o on the Kenyan government’s habit of inhibiting the country’s talents.
Can an African language literature prize be inherently Pan-African?
Only five African or African-born writers have been awarded the prize since it was first awarded in 1901: Soyinka, Mahfouz, Gordimer, Coetzee and Lessing.
The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?
When it comes to engaging with French language opinions and writings in English, it’s a desert out there.
At least 3 African writers are favorites for the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. They'd be the 5th African winner.