On Saturday, Penguin Books announced the two inaugural winners of the Penguin Prize for African Writing, though neither of the African writers honored currently live in Africa. The non-fiction winner ...

His work delves into spirituality, identity, mental health, and the Black experience in a world shaped by colonial ideologies ...

Binyavanga Wainaina attacked insulting clichés in the essay, “How to Write About Africa,” in 2005. In a posthumous collection of the same name, his range as a writer is on display. By Anderson Tepper ...

Victor Ekpuk is an internationally renowned Nigerian artist known for his artwork inspired by ancient African writing and graphic writing systems. INTERwoven TEXTures is his first solo exhibition at ...

What is your story about? Bridling is narrated by a young woman, an actor early in her career, who lands a part in a sought-after, edgy, intersectional show about women, headed up by a lauded male ...

Wicomb will be remembered as one of South Africa’s boldest and most innovative writers. Roger Palmer Zoë Wicomb’s first book, You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town (1987), is a tour through episodes in the ...

Creative writer, publisher, and playwright Benison Christopher discusses her work amplifying African and diaspora storytellers, integrating literary passion with a mission for cultural preservation.

"Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda, 11-17 June, 1962." "Makerere College - Kampala, Uganda"--Added title page. Cover title. AFA copy 39088009748310 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to African literature, translation has mostly meant translating work from European languages into African ones.

Kenyan author Idza Luhumyo is among the five shortlisted authors for this year’s AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. Luhunyo has been picked for ‘Five Years Next Sunday’. The other shortlisted ...

Introduction / Claire Parfait, Hélène Le Dantec-Lowry, and Claire Bourhis-Mariotti -- Part I. New perspectives on African American history -- "The grandest book ever written" : advertising Joseph T.