Africa

10 African writers on Africa, writing, and writing in Africa

To celebrate Africa Day, read what a selection of writers had to say about the continent, and about writing on the continent. …

Read an excerpt from Rotten Row by Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz University and the University of Zimbabwe. Her debut story collection, …

Writers pay tribute to Kojo Laing: ‘Africa’s best novelist, by far’ – Binyavanga Wainaina

Ghanaian novelist and poet Kojo Laing passed away on Thursday, 20 April 2017 in Ghana, according to reports. Laing was born in …