Gwen Lister is a renowned Namibian journalist with a storied career. Known for her efforts to fight apartheid in Namibia, Gwen became the first female editor of a southern African newspaper before going on to co-found two newspapers of her own — including The Namibian in 1985. Gwen was also one of ICIJ’s earliest members, […]
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‘MISERY AND MAGIC FUEL MAYHEM IN CAFUNFO’: A new book from Angolan journalist and human rights defender Rafael Marques reveals why a supposedly ‘peaceful protest’ in a diamond-rich but dirt-poor north-eastern town erupted into bloody violence and shocked the nation. Amid public outrage, there were claims that the security forces had used excessive force against […]
Two Nigerian brothers, Emmanuel Omilusi, 10 and Martins Omilusi, 11 have made history in Europe by publishing eight books all at once. The public presentation of the books which was held on January 23 on the Island of Malta was attended by government officials, school administrators and students, the African community, amongst others. The brothers […]
Author and academic Pumla Dineo Gqola‘s latest book Female Fear Factory is a sibling of her award-winning earlier book Rape: A South African Nightmare. Her feminist scholarship and thought have spotlighted slavery, artistic practice, and the prevalence of gender-based violence that is a scourge in South Africa. In Female Fear Factory, Gqola demonstrates how patriarchal […]
The Liberia Immigration Services has detained Issac Vah Tukpah, the co-author of a book about President George Weah that contains details that have been described as “demeaning to the President’s wife and womanhood.” Before Tukpah’s detention, there have been no formal charges filed against him, neither publicly announced as wanted nor has an arrest warrant […]
Journalist, photographer, author and professor Howard W. French’s Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, is the most recent in a long career of thoughtful and significant literary and journalistic interventions. It demands an account of modernity that reckons with Africa as central to […]
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Nigeria: Three Books and Other Stories
We have had a dizzying last 10 days at home and abroad: Novak Djokovic, with his COVID time-line of humiliation, from Melbourne to Dubai, and probably back to his home land of Serbia, where a disgraceful hero’s welcome awaits him for his abominable conduct which may have far-reaching implications for his legacy and career, the […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) yesterday inaugurated Abrehot (enlightenment) Library in Addis, one of Africa’s largest public libraries, which can accommodate over 2,000 readers at a time. During the inauguration ceremony, Abiy stated that the Abrehot Library is the key to unlocking the nation’s many untold histories and facilitating ways to create wealth. He also […]
Rise tells the enthralling story of how Siya Kolisi came to be the first Black captain of the Springboks, but it fails to fully reveal the humble, humorous man behind the symbol. Siya Kolisi stopped being just a rugby player on 28 May 2018. He transformed into a symbol of hope for many that Monday, […]
Khartoum — Sudanese novelist Atef Alhaj Saeed has won the first prize in the Tawfiq Bakkar Award for Arabic Novel 2021. Organizers of the Tunisia – based Award announced last Saturday that Saeed has won the prize for his novel al nawrass yahjuruhu al sirb (Sea Gull Deserted by the Flock) out of 106 novels […]
The author said he wrote the book for three reasons, the first being to document his experience in the public service. CableBooks on Saturday, in Abuja, launched “The Arc of the Possible,” a memoir written by the immediate past executive director of NEITI, Waziri Adio, which detailed his five years foray into the Nigerian public […]
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Africa: The Best African Books of 2021
African writers have outdone themselves again, bringing us literary gems across genres. Here are our 20 top books of the year, in no particular order. The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed Following the success of her novels Black Mamba Boy and The Orchard of Lost Souls, Mohamed was back this year with a book like […]
Kampala — Today, Uganda’s first edutainment book designed to inspire and empower children to speak up about the COVID-19 crisis and its effects on their day-to-day lives was released. Rehmah Kasule, a renowned Ugandan author, social innovator, gender and youth development expert, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has published, the Kids Voice book, titled: […]
Thula Simpson’s new book, History of South Africa from 1902 to the Present, is an event-packed narrative history. It is reminiscent of the style of Eric Walker’s History of Southern Africa eight decades ago – a very influential book, prescribed for many university history classes – except this time black South Africans are central to […]
First published 54 years ago by Longmans, Green Co in 1967, The Sokoto Caliphate is the product of groundbreaking research. The Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Bamalli, has praised the Nigerian edition of The Sokoto Caliphate authored by Murray Last and published by Premium Times Books, saying the book helps correct some errors by previous writers. […]
<i>The Sokoto Caliphate is the product of groundbreaking research by Professor Denis Murray Last when he was a PhD student at the University of Ibadan.</sub> Premium Times Books will host a book presentation event to launch the Nigerian edition of The Sokoto Caliphate on Tuesday, November 23. The event, scheduled for the<a target=”_blank” href=”https://yaraduafoundation.org/centre”> Shehu […]
During his decadeslong career in writing, Wilbur Smith specialized in historical fiction, taking readers from tropical islands to the jungles of Africa. World-renowned writer Wilbur Smith died at his home in South Africa on Saturday aged 88, his office said. “We are sorry to announce that the beloved, global bestselling author Wilbur Smith passed away […]
The death of a family member who used heroin propelled Seychellois Jude Fred to write a book aimed at inspiring and influencing every person to discover his or her life. ‘Journey to Inspire Transformation’ was launched last week at the community centre of Roche Caiman, in central Mahe. Fred said he wanted to make a […]