MY phone rang on Thursday, 26 June, 2025 and a long-standing friend was on the line. “I know you are from Owo”, he began.

Kenyan novelist, essayist, and playwright, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who died on May 28 at the age of 87, was one of Africa’s most ...

Joho, who once pledged to seize President WIlliam Ruto’s Taveta farm if Raila won in 2022, is now urging Coastal communities ...

Across three decades of democracy, South Africa has – like many places undergoing complex and uneven social change – seen an ...

Once revered as ancestral messengers and custodians of sacred tradition, masquerades across Nigeria are increasingly morphing ...

They say we are coming for their family. But how do you come for a family when all you seek is bread, truth, and dignity? How ...

Nigerian-American author, poet and playwright, Cash Onadele, also known as Aiye-ko-ooto, talks about his play, The Noble ...

Chinua Achebe’s Encounters With Many Hearts of Darkness A new collection of essays from the author of “Things Fall Apart,” about Nigerian politics, language, family and racism.

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart ranks as one of the rare books that had never gone out-of-print since its publication, that is, way back in 1958.

Celebrated author and poet Maya Angelou had a deep appreciation for African literature. Her endorsements have brought to the ...