The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has announced the guest list for the second edition of the Sharjah Festival of African ...

For many American children of Wendy Laura Belcher’s generation, Africa was the land of Babar and of Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan, yodeling “Ungawa!” and swinging through the jungle in small-screen ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the best-selling Nigerian author, wants American readers to know that African writers don’t just write about Africa’s problems. “When we talk about the developing world, ...

In recent years, the rise of literary works by African authors has rekindled interest in African literature, both in Türkiye and globally, academics said. The prominence of African literary works and ...

The Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) will be held from 14th to 18th January at University City in Sharjah, under ...

The death of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in May 2025 closes a defining chapter in African literature. We revisit his role in the African literary revolution, decolonisation of language, exile, and global legacy ...

African literature is the object of immense international interest across both academic and popular registers. Far from the field’s earlier, post-colonial association with marginality, a handful of ...

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 ...

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston. His first novel, Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and is still the most widely-read piece of African literature. Nigerian writer Chinua ...

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, ...