Tendai Huchu announced his arrival on the literary scene with his novel The Hairdresser Of Harare, in his second offering, The Maestro, The Magistrate & The...
“The Price of Things”
Last night, after leaving the festival site, called the June 12th Cultural Centre, I took a motorbike taxi home; in the first instance, th...
“Journey to Ake”
If you’ve only watched Lagos Airport – the infamous documentary about said airport, your impression of Murtala Muhammed airport will be a bit ...
Last year, a major festival of Arts and Books launched in Nigeria, and surprisingly it wasn't based in one of the larger cities in the country, Abuja, Calabar, ...
Picture credit: Darren Hercher Fadoa
1. Ama Ata Aidoo is arguably the greatest writer Ghana has ever produced.
2. This is Ama Ata Aidoo’s first appearanc...
African and African Diaspora travel writing: Ten books and narratives for your shelf
With travel narratives by African and African Diaspora authors often absen...
Just ahead of Africa Writes - quite possibly the UK’s largest celebration of African books and literature, we teamed up with the Bookshy Blogger’s Zahrah Nessbi...
Nobel laureate for literature, Wole Soyinka, was recently in London for the launch of a book celebrating his life and work at 80. Gateway for Africa editor, Del...
Review: A bit of difference - Sefi Atta
The pace of Sefi Atta’s latest novel, A Bit of Difference is leisurely; it’s deliberately understated in style, but do...
Events on our Radar for 2014
2014 promises to be another brilliant year for African arts, artists and culture. There’s a wide range of events taking place acros...
