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• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 9. Aminata Sow Fall

  

  'In life, you have to make choices. My choice is to write.' explains Senegalese writer Aminata Sow Fall in an interview with the Washington Post. And write she... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Me, Myself and Alain: On My Mission to Read Alain Mabanckou's Books

  

  Alain Mabanckou's works in English Back in May 2012, I wrote a post revealing my obsession with wanting to read every book ever published by Alain Mabanckou -... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SIMPLYGorgeous Sunday Chill Session with Irenosen Okojie

  

  On Sunday June 4 2017, I will be in conversation with Ireonsen Okojie as part of SIMPLYGorgeous' first in their Sunday Chill Sessions - a series of events... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Look at That Cover! Queer Africa 2

  

  In 2015, MaThoko's Books - an imprint that publishes queer literature in Africa - had a call for submissions for the follow-up on its first anthology, the Lambd... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 20 Short Story Collections by African Women Writers

  

  It has taken me a while to really and truly appreciate the beauty of short stories - for the longest time I could not quite get into them, as they yanked me... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 8. Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr

  

  Lagos you are dirtyYour sand is soiledYour fruits pithy. I am tied to you in a strange landby lines that queue up for foodstuffs youshould be eating but ship of... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 7. Filomena Embaló

  

  Discussions of the literature of Portuguese-speaking Africa produce very few names from Guinea-Bissau. That was from Moema Parenta Augel's chapter on... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 6. Grace Ogot

  

  One of Kenya’s most well-known writers, Grace Ogot was said to be one of the first African women to have fiction published in English with two short stories... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The 2018 Golden Baobab Prize: Now Open for Submissions from African Writers and...

  

  I’m very excited to announce that the Golden Baobab Prize is back and accepting submissions from African writers and illustrators until 1st December... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Wonderful Covers of Ayobami Adebayo's 'Stay With Me'

  

  Towards the end of last year, I shared a photo of Ayobami Adebayo's debut novel Stay With Me on Instagram and had this to say: My last read of 2016 was this... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 5. Radwa Ashour

  

  I renounced writing. I said that I was no good, and my resolution hit home as sharply and as decisively as a guillotine. Several years passed and then all of a... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 4. Nana Asma'u

  

  Drawing of Nana Asma'u via @Adamaniac Asma'u bint 'Uthman b. Fudi, or Nana Asma’u as she was known, was born in a village called Degel (north-west of Sokoto)... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another New Release: The Ultimate Tragedy by Abdulai Silá (Translated from...

  

  Published by Dedalus Books, and out April 2017, this year will bring us what is said to be 'the first novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau'. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 3. Alda Do Espírito Santo

  

  Little may be known about the literature produced in São Tomé and Príncipe in the English-speaking world. However, poetry is the most common form of... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 2. Miriam Tlali

  

  'A good book - if it has the right message in it - it can change a whole human being into something he never thought he would be'. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters: 1. Lina Magaia

  

  I begin my journey in Mozambique - Maputo to be exact, or as it was called before independence, Lourenço Marques. This is where the Mozambican writer Lina Magai... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #100AfricanWomenWriters

  

  Earlier this year, I wrote that I would love to start a series of post focused on African women writers, which not only showcased their amazing works, but also... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Even More New Releases from African Writers for 2017

  

  Towards the end of last year, I shared 14 new and exciting books that would be published in 2017. Since then, the cover for J J Bola's debut No Place to Call... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

  

  Remember Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's feminist manifesto that was published on her facebook page in October 2016? It had 'fifteen suggestions' on how to raise a... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Four Mouthwatering African Books on Food

  

  From blogs to memoirs, there has been a proliferation of African food writing in the last few years which is amazing - as it gives readers new and exciting... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE