RECENTLY REVIEWED
In the Fog of the Season’s End (by Alex la Guma)
Originally published in 1972, and re-released in 2012 by Waveland Press, Alex la Guma's In the Fog of the Season's End centers on two precisely observed main characters, Beukes and Elias. It depicts the inhumane treatment of blacks during the … [Read More...]
NEWS ROUNDUP
Over 90 Entries Received for 2013 Caine Prize
A total of 96 stories will compete for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing. The winner will be announced in May this year and stands to receive a cash prize of $15,000. Rotimi Babatunde (pictured) was last year's winner with his short … [Read More...]
Author of the Week
Princewill C. Okpulor – Author of the Week
My name is Princewill C. Okpulor I live at Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, Nigeria and I am a Banker by Profession. When I knew I wanted to be a writer... My desire to become a writer started in 2007 during my national service year. In … [Read More...]
Featured Writers
Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela is a Sudanese writer and playwright, currently based in Scotland. She won the first Caine Prize for African Writing in 2000, and is the author of three acclaimed novels, including Lyrics Alley, which won the 2011 Scottish Mortgage … [Read More...]
FROM OUR BOOK STORE
Americanah – A New Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Pre-order Now and Get 20% off)
From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a dazzling new novel: a story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home. Fearless, … [Read More...]
BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Book of War (by James Whyle)
By any account, to entitle a début novel The Book of War can seem presumptuous. Yet, the book (published by Jacana Media in 2012) brilliantly lives up to the promise of its ambitious name. For war … [Read More...]
EDITOR’S PICKS…
The Famished Road (by Ben Okri)
Ben Okri writes beautifully and in The Famished Road, the book that won the 1991 Booker Award, he produces yet another fabulous read. After I read the book, his first in the Famished Road trilogy, … [Read More...]
Competitions and Giveaways
May 2013 Book Giveaway Competition – Win a Copy of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (By Ishmael Beah)
Enter our May 2013 book giveaway competition to win a copy of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (By Ishmael Beah). In this gripping memoir, Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a … [Read More...]
