Even though Chinua Achebe does it best, Here are 7 other African Literature books you can read if you adore things fall apart. Chinua Achebe It's no secret that Things fall Apart is one of the best ...

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 ...

“Africa and the World: Literature, Politics, and Global Geographies” is the theme of the 2017 African Literature Association (ALA) Conference taking place at Yale University June 14-17. The conference ...

Holidays are the perfect time to unwind with a good book, and African literature offers a treasure trove of stories that captivate, inspire, and transport readers to new worlds. From thrilling ...

The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) was held January 24–27 in University City, Sharjah, U.A.E., during the only time of year when cool temperatures allow for an outdoor event.

Here are some award-winning books written by crush-worthy men that shows the diversity and wonders of African literature. 10 books by African men everyone should read After compiling a list of books ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Research in African Literatures, founded in 1970, is the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide and provides a forum ...

Nigerian author Wole Soyinka speaks to journalists at the UNESCO headquarters after he became the first author from Africa to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Paris, 1986 (AP photo by Laurent ...

When Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 7 — the first Black African writer since Nigerian Wole Soyinka won it in 1986 — you could almost hear the head-scratching, at ...

Dan Wylie has received research funding from Rhodes University in writing the book to which this article refers.. About 15 years ago I was in a Minneapolis conference centre, about to deliver a paper ...

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 ...