Sanele Ntshingana, PhD student and a lecturer in African Languages & Literature at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ...

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While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), [Lucy Havens] had ...

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“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed,” begins the cumulative tale of Austinite Anne Wynter’s award-winning picture book, nell plants a tree. In Wynter’s story, Nell ...

At the Austin African American Book Festival, tables are lined up with vendors and authors looking to sell their novels. With ...

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – African American writers in the 19th Century wrote of love, loss, and the Black experience. Les Editions Tintamarre is a heritage language press at Centenary ...