Mapungubwe is a world heritage site and national park located on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. From about 1000 AD the settlement there developed into a major African state before being abandoned by the 1300s. Mapungubwe has been the subject of diverse scientific enquiry and archaeological research since the early 1930s. As […]
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Gambia: The Making of a Man Book Launched
The newly launched book of HRH Oba (Rtn) Dr Moshood Kolawole Abolade (JP), the Ariwajoye 1 of Yoruba Community in The Gambia’s book titled – The Making of a Man is an epoch autobiography of his life. It is a glossy166 pages book with eight chapters published and printed at Kings Media and Kingsmann Graffix. […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has taken delivery of 139,000 maternal and child health record books to improve nutritional status among pregnant and lactating mothers as well as children under age five. Handed over by the USAID, the record books were to support counselling, data collection and other essential nutritional and health services needed for […]
A 212-page book, “You are a Leader” which details the strategies to unearth the leadership skills in an individual is set to be launched in Accra next week Wednesday. The book artfully brings to the fore, the immense benefits of true leadership in governance and the pivotal role leadership plays in organisational success. Authored by […]
FRANCIS Aphiri Primary School in Masvingo is reportedly asking parents to contribute US$15 per child to buy a new vehicle at a time parents are struggling to pay tuition fees and students do not have basic learning materials. School authorities who are struggling to provide adequate textbooks and classrooms seem to have misplaced priorities after […]
Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. He taught for a long time at the University of Kent in Great Britain and is the author of 10 novels, including “Près de la Mer”, which received the RFI Témoin du Monde (World Witness) award […]
In their second book, a collection of short stories, the author takes from their own life and losses and aspires to create a new world that is better for all its diverse inhabitants. “If it wasn’t for therapy, we wouldn’t have this collection,” says Terry-Ann Adams of White Chalk, their newly published short story collection. […]
The R23-million Lehae Library was meant to open in 2018 In January, Johannesburg City spokesperson Nthatisi Modingoane told GroundUp that residents could expect to use the Lehae Library by 1 April. To the bitter disappointment of the community, especially many young people, that date came and went and the library, surrounded by overgrown grass, is […]
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Ghana: Book On Ahwoi Family Launched
A book that chronicles the life story of the celebrated Ahwoi and Adu-Gyamfi family titled ‘House No.D13 South Suntresu Kumasi,’ was launched in Accra on Tuesday. The 471-pages Ahwoi and Adu-Gyamfi Siblings’ Collective Biography book was co-authored by the eight siblings namely Ato Ahwoi, Kwesi Ahwoi, Kwamena Ahwoi (all renowned Ghanaian politicians), Mrs Ama Adoma […]
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South Africa: The Geometry of Grief
The South African-Nigerian novelist Yewande Omotoso has reimagined her deepest loss in An Unusual Grief, the darkly funny story of a mother who infiltrates her dead daughter’s life. In Yewande Omotoso’s third novel, An Unusual Grief (Cassava Republic, 2021), a Nigerian immigrant in late middle age leaves her husband to travel from Cape Town to […]
The Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Liberia (UL), Prof. Richmond Anderson has expressed delight over the high international recognition his newly published book has received, unveiling a certificate awarded him by the Author House in Washington D.C., United States of America. The UL Professor told a press conference on […]
Government has described the Spelling Bee Competition as one way of promoting reading culture among children in the country. Director of Basic Education in the Ministry of Education, Grace Milner, said on Saturday in Lilongwe during the 2021-2022 Malawi National Spelling Bee Central Region competition. She said the competition is enhancing learners with reading skills […]
A lot of books have been written about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. One of the latest publications, set to be launched Friday in Kigali, is titled, “The Genocide against the Tutsi, and the Rwandan Churches: Between Grief and Denial”. Written by Philippe Denis, a Senior Professor in History of Christianity at the University […]
According to Mr Onumah, “the essays are analytical, insightful, pragmatic and offer solutions to ‘the trouble with Nigeria.’ Ahead of their participation at the 21st edition of the Annual Nigerian International Book Fair, holding from May 12-14, 2022, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Premium Times Books (PT Books), and the Network […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Capital flight from the global South is immense, with widespread adverse effects. A new book proposes measures to curb, even reverse capital flight from Africa. It also offers pragmatic lessons for many developing countries. On the trail of capital flight from Africa extends pioneering work begun much earlier. The editors – […]
A Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) based in Lagos, Zacchaeus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries (ZODML), has launched its free online library to deepen access to free educational resources. The online library has access to over 300,000 online resources and over a 2.4million resources at its community library. Inspired by the life and legacy of Zacchaeus Onumba Dibiaezue […]
Africa’s policy towards the US: The Biden Era.Edited by Bob Wekesa. African Centre for the Study of the United States. 2021Perspectives on wide-ranging Africa-US intersections – order here. President Joe Biden declares that “America is back” in terms of global standing, but the global economic landscape has changed, and other players are concerned, owing to […]
A new series of books called Imbokodo: Women Who Shape Us explores the neglected histories of South African women. Geared at younger readers, there are three books in the series: 10 Extraordinary Leaders, Activists & Protesters; 10 Inspiring Singers, Writers & Artists; and 10 Curious Inventors, Healers & Educators. The authors are Xolisa Guzula, an […]