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Why Zadie Smith Tops Adichie’s List of Women Who Write Well and Dress Well
While Chimamanda Adichie is not the only fashion-loving novelist out there, she is certainly unparalleled in her openness about it. Her now famous Elle Magazine essay titled, “Why Can’t Smart Women...
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African Book Feature | The Cure by Bhatupe Mhango | Rewriting the HIV Story
Welcome to yet another post on our “African Book Feature” series where we introduce you to new African writing. The Cure, by Malawian writer, Bhatupe Mhango-Chipanta, is an urban love story interwoven...
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Maker of Documentaries | by Nnamdi Oguike | An African Short Story
“Jean-Marie de Valmont, the famous French filmmaker, was filming the final episode of a documentary series on Nigerian cuisine when militiamen took him hostage,” read the opening lines of an article...
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My African Book Diary | African Food Porn for the Hungry and the Lustful
Now, this is one sexy African novel. How to Cook Your Husband the African Way, written by Cameroonian author, Calixthe Beyala, follows the intrigues in the life of a young Cameroonian woman living...
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How 58 Intellectuals from 25 Countries Took A Bus Ride Across South Africa
A new issue of The Salon is out! And it chronicles the one-of-a-kind travel project that took 58 scholars from 25 countries across South Africa. Guess what! I was one of those 58 lucky passengers who...
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Quotes from Five African Women Writers to Help You Jumpstart Your Writing Dreams
The month of March—Women’s History Month—has been great, but it’s coming to an end We invite you to join us in celebrating African women writers who inspire us with their work and their wisdom. Nnedi...
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What If Maps Were Made By Africans For Their Own Use? | Chimurenga’s New...
CNN calls Chimurenga Chronic “Africa’s answer to the New Yorker.” But the truth is the New Yorker has nothing on the Cape Town-based magazine. Chimurenga Chronic is edgy and experimental in a way that...
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Wonder Woman in Soweto! | Lauren Beukes Gives African Spin to DC Comic’s...
We know and love Lauren Beukes for spine-tingling urban fantasies like Zoo City, The Shining Girls, and Broken Monsters. Well, it appears there’s even more reason to love South Africa’s “darling of...
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My Name Is…Scratch That | Review of Dinaw Mengestu’s All Our Names | By Nma Uche
What is in a name? Helen and Isaac are common names, easy to pronounce and remember. Both are the narrators in Dinaw Mengestu’s latest book, All Our Names. Last summer, I listened as Dinaw read an...
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The Very Tricky Problem of Deflowering an African Novel Virgin
If we begin counting from late 19th century when novels written in African languages were being published in South Africa, we could say African novels have been in existence for over a hundred years....
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Four African Novelists to Follow on Instagram
African novelists are hip to changing trends. We saw how Teju Cole conquered Twitter. Lately, I’ve been hearing about the wonderful things Lauren Beukes is doing with DC Comics. And if you’ve not...
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Speech Analysis: Why Buhari’s Acceptance Speech is A Winner
The Nigerian presidential election, which took place this past weekend, was a spectacular display of the democratic process as millions of nigerians waited for up to 12 hours to vote under sun and...
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For the Love of Anita and Other Youthful Sexcapades | By Gbolahan Badmus | An...
You came back from church and told your boys you were in love. They all asked you who she was and you replied: dark chocolate skin and a mad ass. Anita was the choir girl in your church. You hadn’t...
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Buhari’s Acceptance Speech: The 10 Best Quotes
Yesterday, Muhammadu Buhari released an official acceptance speech after the electoral commission handed him the “certificate of return”—the documents that officially grants him the status as...
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Celebrating African Fiction! | Official Photos from The Etisalat Prize Award...
Writers, celebrities, and Lagos socialites trouped to the Intercontinental Hotel to celebrate contemporary African literature on March 15th. It was a fun-filled evening of music, dancing, and...
View ArticleWhy the Claim that Africans Don’t Read is False
Worldreader is a not-for-profit organization that provides “mobile platform for books.” The Mail and Guardian reports that after four years of making digital versions of books accessible to Africans in...
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Why the Claim that Africans Don’t Read is False
Worldreader is a not-for-profit organization that provides “mobile platform for books.” According to The Mail and Guardian, after four years of making digital versions of books accessible to Africans...
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Adichie’s Dreamy Little Story About Bruce Lee and Apollo
The April 15 issue of the New Yorker has a story by Chimamanda Adichie, titled “Apollo.” Don’t get your hopes up. The story is not about space shuttles and thersmospheric exploration. In Nigeria,...
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I Was a Dreadful Child | Nadine Gordimer on Her Rather Quirky Childhood
When I came across this Paris Review 1979/1980 interview with Nadine Gordimer, I scanned it for gossip-worthy stuff that I could share with you all. The Nobel Prize winning South African author...
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Mratata | By Chumisa Paquita N | An African Story
I’ve seen a gun three times in my life. * The first time I was about six years old; in Ngqeleni, old Transkei, my grandfather’s home, my father’s home, my home. It was a Sunday night in a candle-lit...
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