RECENTLY REVIEWED
A Place in the World (by Malcolm Frierson)
Set in Ghana and America, Malcolm Frierson’s debut novel, A Place In the World, explores the often difficult issue of race and its influence on American society. Kwame, the man at the center of the novel, is a brilliant university professor, who … [Read More...]
NEWS ROUNDUP
Zambian Author Ellen Banda-Aaku Shortlisted for 2012 Commonwealth Writers Prize
Award winning Zambian author, Ellen Banda-Aaku has made the 18-person shortlist for the 2012 Commonwealth Writers Book Prize, with her award winning novel, Patchwork. Banda-Aaku is one of four African writers shortlisted for this year’s … [Read More...]
FEATURED WRITERS
Lola Shoneyin
Born in 1974 in Ibadan (Oyo State, Nigeria), Titilola Atinuke Shoneyin is a Nigerian poet and author. The youngest of six children, she graduated from Ogun State University in Nigeria, where she earned a BA. She also attended the Iowa International … [Read More...]
Camara Laye
Camara Laye, a Guinean novelist, short story writer, and essayist, was born in 1924 in the ancient city of Kouroussa, Upper Guinea. Brought up in a devout Muslim family, he later moved to France, where he studied engineering in Paris and supplemented … [Read More...]
Ahmadou Kourouma
Considered by some to be Francophone Africa’s' answer to the Chinua Achebe, the late Ivorian writer and political activist, Ahmadou Kourouma is easily one of Africa’s most celebrated authors. Born in 1927, in the Ivory Coast, … [Read More...]
NEW RELEASE
The Ghost of Sani Abacha (by Chuma Nwokolo)
Released in January 2012, The Ghost of Sani Abacha is a collection of 26 stories by Nigerian writer Chuma Nwokolo and has its setting in Nigeria. Seventeen of the stories are published here for the first time. Contrary to its title, the book is not … [Read More...]
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Open City (by Teju Cole)
"New York City worked itself into my life at walking pace..." This reads like an invitation to join an exploration of the place, its sounds and atmospheres, seen through the eyes of Julius, narrator … [Read More...]
EDITOR’S PICKS…
Cry, the Beloved Country (by Alan Paton)
Alan Paton is an inspiration to me. I suppose anybody can get published, if their storyline is unique enough and their opinions push the envelope and get people talking, or maybe if their grammar and … [Read More...]
Competitions and Giveaways
April 2012 Book Giveaway – Win a Copy of Leila Aboulela’s Prize-Winning Book, Lyrics Alley
Our book give-away for the month of April is Lyrics Alley, a novel by Sudanese author, Leila Aboulela. First published in 2011 by Grove Press, Lyrics Alley is the evocative story of an affluent Sudanese family shaken by the shifting … [Read More...]
