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• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 16. Mariama Bâ

  

  Mariama Ba around 25. Source: UNESCOYes, this is the first time that I wrote a serious novel. I have written before when I was a schoolgirl. I wrote essays for... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 15. Alda Lara

  

  Alda Lara. Source: AlchetronWomen authors do not exist in Angola. That, at least, is the conclusion you would reach after reading the most seminal anthologies o... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2019 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This is Seven

  

  Illustration by illustration315Seven years ago, in the living room of my family home in Lagos I typed what would be the beginning of an incredible journey -... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happily Judging 2018 in Book Covers

  

  Ah! It’s that time of year. You know the one! When all the ‘best of …’ lists come out. From the Guardian’s Genuinely Brilliant From Cover to Cover Books... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• From New Daughters of Africa to The Other Americans: 11 New Releases for 2019

  

  Waterstones TCR. Photo: Mine.I was doing my usual sweep of the internet - catching up on what is happening in the world of literature and beyond - when I saw a... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fictional African Nations and Towns ... by African Writers

  

  Map of Orisha Many, if not all of us, know about Zamunda and Wakanda – fictional African nations from Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America and Marvel’s Black... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Mental Health in African Literature

  

  Illustration by Ansellia Kulikku I've been thinking a lot more about mental health, and particularly mental health in fiction ... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Judging a Book by Its Cover: The Books of Africa Writes 2018

  

  Africa Writes Headline Events Africa Writes - the Royal African Society's annual literature festival - is back. Well, it will soon come. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Book Podcasts for African Book Lovers

  

  Image Source: The Skinny I probably should not admit this, but prior to the start of this year - while I listened to the odd podcast here and there - I was not ... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 14. Gladys May Casely-Hayford

  

  Gladys Casely-Hayford – poet, musician, dramatist, painter and storyteller - was born in Axim, the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1904 and died there in 1950,... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 13. Bessie Head

  

  I cannot pretend to be a student of South African literature; I cannot assess its evolution or lack of evolution. I only feel that the main function of the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How Reading Nigerian Fiction on Domestic Work Helped Me with My PhD

  

  Art by Nicholle Kobi. Source: Pinterest It was quite hard to write this post as I’m getting a little personal, but only a little. This month (March) makes... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 12 African YA Books

  

  Source: Illustration 315 My how time flies! Almost six years ago, I put together a list of 21 Young Adult African Books, including Nnedi Okorafor's Zahrah the... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Five "New" Works of Historical Fiction from African Writers

  

  Route map of Ugandan railway - which went through Kenya. Source: Telegraph stamps of the World Last night, I had the pleasure of listening to Peter Kimani, who... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Look at Queer Literature from Nigerian Writers

  

  Earlier today, I was one of many platforms that had the absolute pleasure of revealing the cover of Cassava Republic Press' forthcoming collection, She Called M... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cover Reveal for She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak

  

  'These true stories are beautifully told, the pain and honesty and hope and joy in these accounts is strong like a song' - Stella Duffy I first heard about the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Five Books by African Women Writers I Absolutely Adore

  

  I didn't initially have any plans to do a post for International Women's Day, because as cheesy as it may sound - everyday is Women's Day for me, but as I was... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Kugali, an African Comics Anthology, and a Kickstarter Launch

  

  I've been following Kugali - a digital platform for African comics - since it started in 2016. By following, I mean I listened to the Kugali podcast, signed up... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On an African Literary Adventure

  

  This post has been almost a year in the making - as I started and stopped, started again, felt overwhelmed, stumbled when it came to certain countries, stopped... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 12. Yvonne Vera

  

  Image Source: Pinterest I would love to be remembered as a writer who had no fear for words and who had an intense love for her nation. The quote above is from... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE