African literature encompasses a rich tapestry of narratives, philosophies, and cultural expressions that reflect the diverse experiences and beliefs of the continent's peoples. Recent research in ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Bennet ...

What is the state of African literature given the number of African writers-poets, novelists, playwrights, more, who have moved to the Western world overtime? This issue of the mixture of African ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Although describing Achebe as “the father of African literature” is hyperbolic, it provides a figurative sense of his impact on the Anglophone ...

In 1968, the Malian novelist Yambo Ouologuem won France’s prestigious Prix Renaudot for a bloody satire about a fictional African country called “Bound to Violence.” Opening in mock epic style with ...

The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya's capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Nuria ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Evelyn Mousigian/TMD. I didn’t start reading fiction until later in my life. Correction: I did not ...

Yale faculty member Cajetan Iheka was an undergraduate in his home country of Nigeria at the height of unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta in the 2000s. Militants were setting fire to oil installations ...

Dr. Jackson is a literary scholar and the author of “The African Novel of Ideas.” Everyone is saying it: 2021 was the year for African literature. Writers from the continent scooped the Nobel, Booker, ...

The 21st Annual South African Horrorfest Film Festival returns to the Labia Theatre from 29 October to Sunday, 9 November, ...