Legson Kayira, the first Malawian novelist, has died
Malawi had three first novelists: David Rubadiri, Aubrey Kachingwe, and Legson Kayira, who has died this
Malawi had three first novelists: David Rubadiri, Aubrey Kachingwe, and Legson Kayira, who has died this
Achebe's "There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra" reopens old wounds about the civil war.
Former UN envoy Jean Ziegler on Third World hunger: "We Let Them Starve."
The Nigerian poet and critic, Odia Ofeimun, on how Nollywood depicts traditional culture and religion.
The photographer Aida Muluneh's work explores Ethiopia via identity, personal journey, and family nostalgia after a 30-year absence.
A review of a new memoir by Ghana's new President, John Dramani Mahama.
This music video for Big Frizzle’s ‘All Black Everything’, produced by London-based media house GlobalFaction made
A South African writer gets invited to the Farafina Creative Writing Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. Her main takeaway: writing is an act of faith; an ancient form of prayer.
On Thursday, July 26, the Michael Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town had an opening: Mo(u)rning. Photographic
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The author, a regular contributor, summarizes four new books she's been reading.
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Revisionism pervades popular culture in South Africa now, coloring our perception of the past.
Reading Yewande Omotoso's novel "Bom Boy," just when you think you’ve figured the characters out, the author opens them up a little more, and our perceptions change.
Since 2004, Le Salon africain (part of the annual Geneva Book Fair) awards the Ahmadou Kourouma
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Tintin is full of offensive, racist, stereotypes. Should Africans take the publishers to court? No, argues the author; it is counterproductive.
Younger generations of artists, many immigrants of African origin, are reconfiguring the arts in France on their own terms.
Interview with South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes's about her novel, "Nineveh."