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• Another New Release for 2013: Mukoma Wa Ngugi's "Black Star Nairobi"

  

  Book two in the action-packed crime series set in Nairobi featuring an American cop teamed up with a Kenyan Partner, will be published in June 2013. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Works of Buchi Emecheta

  

  "Emecheta’s writings document the author’s multi-layered yet intersecting identities: the diasporic single woman, the sociologist observing grim urban realities... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ABC on The Millions

  

  I am such a huge, huge fan of The Millions, an online magazine covering all things literature. It's one of my favourite websites to visit and get lost in. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kwani? Manuscript Prize Longlist

  

  "To celebrate the African novel and its adaptability and resilience, Kwani Trust announces a one-off new literary prize for African writing". April 2012, Kwani? Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: A. Igoni Barrett's "Love is Power, Or Something Like That"

  

  It's either I'm starting to like short stories, or this is a just a really good collection. Out May, Love is Power or Something Like That is a new collection... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Absolutely Love Bookstores: The East Coast Edition

  

  I've recently returned from a trip to a few places on the East Coast of America and Canada. While I was there I saw some gorgeous bookstores, which I just... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Kickstarter Campaign: A.J. Walkley's "Vuto: A Novel About Malawi, Women and the...

  

  As someone who does gender and development, I was intrigued when I heard about Vuto. The novel is inspired by A.J. Walkley's experience as a Peace Corps... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet ... Bryony Rheam

  

  The 'Meet' Series will be a chance for me to interview anyone I would love to meet that is involved with African literature.So I absolutely love Zimbabwean... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Lagos Book Club: Saturday 27 April 2013

  

  If you're a book lover and based in Lagos, there's a new book club just for you: "The Lagos Book Club is a free club catering to young women living in Lagos... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Future Release: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

  

  www.graspingforthewind.com Nnedi Okorafor, author of Zahrah the Windseeker, Who Fears Death and Akata Witch has a forthcoming novel Lagoon scheduled to be... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Commonwealth Book and Short Story Prize Shortlists 2013

  

  On April 9, the shortlists for the 2013 Commonwealth Prizes were announced. 21 writers made the Book Prize Shortlist, including Sarah House by Ifeanyi Ajaegbo... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Judging a Book by Its Cover: The Covers of Lauren Beukes Novels

  

  I absolutely love book covers, especially a beautifully designed one. It's also no secret, I judge books by their covers. I've admitted it a few times here - I... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Leila Aboulela's "The Translator"

  

  Cultural differences, grief, love and religion. These are a few things Leila Aboulela touches upon in her debut novel The Translator. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another New Release for 2013: Mary Watson's "The Cutting Room"

  

  Mary Watson is a South African author who won the Caine Prize in 2006 for her short story Jungfrau. Watson is the author of Moss, a collection of short stories... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Somali Literature

  

  On yet another literary journey. This time to Somalia. Nuruddin Farah is probably one of Somalia's most prominent author with his trilogies, Variations on the... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tribute to a Literary Icon: Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

  

  Unlike many, I was late to discover the legend that was Chinua Achebe. Being Nigerian I had heard many people talk about his great works, but I had never read... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Future Release: "Fairytales for Lost Children" by Diriye Osman

  

  I promise I don't only scour the internet for new releases, but whenever I do find out about one I just have to share. I first heard about British-Somali writer... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature from Sudan and South Sudan

  

  With the forthcoming release of There Is a Country, I decided to go on yet another literary journey. This time to Sudan and South Sudan. This is not an... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• There Is a Country: New Fiction from the New Nation of South Sudan

  

  Edited by Nyuol Lueth Tong, There Is a Country: New Fiction from the New Nation of South Sudan will be published March 26th (US) and April 9th (UK) by... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Tendai Mwanaka's "Keys in the River: Notes from a Modern Chimurenga"

  

  "Most, if not all, of these stories are real life stories that I sometimes inflected towards the fiction genre, but in which I have tried to keep the facts... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE