Even as Chido Muchemwa’s characters move between countries, generations and identities, they are tied by their desire for care.
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In his new book, Carl Death weighs up climate policies in African countries with each country’s stories and films about climate change.
This was a remarkable event because it defied the tired cliché that Africans do not read.
A new book revisits her life, work and ideas and shows how relevant they still are today.
The Interpreters is a new anthology of creative nonfiction that opens an intriguing window on South Africa.
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.
No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
Morojele’s creative career was remarkable. He not only played the jazz changes, but lived and wrote the social and political ones.
Seven queer African creative works you should know about, from short stories to music videos.
Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid was written by two academics for readers of all ages to know about the pain and the triumph of South Africa’s past.
Dream Count rewards the attentive reader who is willing to let the book slowly add layers of meaning.
His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of today who are refugees.
Andreé Blouin was erased from history despite her pivotal role in African independence. Today she has a book prize named after her.
Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets and their work.
He explored the darker realities of South African life in three novels before his untimely passing at the age of 30.
The study of (mostly white) residents and (mostly black) workers in an old age home in South Africa took place over seven years and it upended stereotypes.
Mozambique struggles to create a unified nation because of its diverse cultures, colonial history, socialism and globalisation.
From angry spirits and parallel universes to alien abductions and epic folklore, African writers are offering fresh new horizons for the world’s science fiction landscape.
The celebrated South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach has died at 85. He used his art to fight for justice for marginalised people throughout his life.
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