Africa
Monday – 20th November 2017
Two sisters with two very different destinies: Dip into Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing
The night Effia is born, a fire devastates her father’s land – and so begins a sequence of events that reverberate through the lives of her family for generations.
African artists: Apply for the Africa Centre’s Artist In Residency programmes
Africa Centre is accepting applications for its 2017 Artist In Residency (AIR) Programmes in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and the United States.
Zinzi Clemmons: Women of colour must divest from Lena Dunham
Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, has condemned Lena Dunham’s ‘hipster racism’, saying: ‘She cannot have our words if she cannot respect us.’
Friday – 17th November 2017
Presenting the new book by Ben Okri – The Magic Lamp: Dreams of Our Age, illustrated by Rosemary Clunie
A new collection of meditations and stories from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri, and illustrated by Rosemary Clunie.
Tuesday – 14th November 2017
Chair of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Delia Jarrett-Macauley, included on Powerlist 2018
Delia Jarrett-Macauley, the first African Chair of the Caine Prize, has been included on the 2018 Powerlist, which honours the most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom.
Friday – 10th November 2017
Join Anya Schiffrin, George Lugalambi and Anton Harber for a discussion of investigative journalism written by Africans in Africa
Africa Muckraking is the first collection of investigative and campaigning journalism written by Africans and about Africa.
Wednesday – 8th November 2017
Five African authors up for €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award
The Johannesburg Review of Books reports that five African authors have made the longlist for the International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.
Wole Soyinka’s Inaugural Lecture at the University of Johannesburg
Professor Wole Soyinka joined the University of Johannesburg as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University’s Faculty of Humanities this year.
First annual Ímbubé African Book Festival and Awards to kick off in Lagos
The inaugural Ímbubé African Book Festival and Awards will take place in Lagos this week.
Tuesday – 24th October 2017
Amabookabooka podcast features Asylum author Marcus Low
In the latest episode of Amabookabooka, a novel podcast about books and the people who write them, Marcus Low talks about his incredible ‘apocalyptic’ novel.
2017 Abantu Book Festival line-up revealed!
The line-up for the second annual Abantu Book Festival has been announced!
Monday – 23rd October 2017
Birds of a Feather – an endless search for an angel in a society of crooks
Anjawo, the illicit brew vendor, her family, the entire Nyakonja village are involved in an endless tussle, bickering over who deserves disciplinary action but ends up in frustrations.
Friday – 20th October 2017
The Sunset Honeymoon-Literary fiction on HIV/Aids versus culture
The story unfolds in Akondo’s homestead, inside a grass thatched kitchen used by village girls as their sleeping place.
Wednesday – 11th October 2017
House of Stone, the debut novel from Novuyo Tshuma, eagerly anticipated in the UK
Novuyo Tshuma’s first novel House of Stone will be published by Atlantic Books in the UK in June 2018.
The Single Story Foundation launch journal of writing from Africa and the diaspora
The Single Story Foundation has launched an online journal of literary writing from Africa and the diaspora.
Friday – 15th September 2017
Mwinji Siame pens a love letter to Under the Udala Trees
Writing for The Afro Vibe, Mwinji Siame has written a love letter to Chinelo Okparanta’s 2015 debut novel Under the Udala Trees:
Tuesday – 29th August 2017
Chibundu Onuzo – author of the fantastic Welcome to Lagos – will be at the Open Book Festival
Don’t miss Nigerian author Chibundu Onuzo at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town from 6-10 September!
Thursday – 24th August 2017
Presenting the new Binyavanga Wainaina Archive – and it needs your help
A group of people have gathered together to honour Binyavanga Wainaina by putting together an archive of his work.
Tuesday – 22nd August 2017
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, author of Stay With Me, will be in South Africa in September
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, who was shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut novel Stay With Me, will be in South Africa this month.
Monday – 7th August 2017
3 new books commemorate the 40th anniversary of Steve Biko’s death
Pan Macmillan South Africa is publishing three books this year to honour the life and work of Steve Biko.