In parts of Africa, books can be expensive and difficult to find. When Atlanta teen sisters Azzarree and Amirrah Uwhubetine were growing up in Nigeria, they either chose their favorite titles on ...

Why do certain books make it to our desks, libraries and book shops over others? On International Book Day, we take a look at the progress made by African publishers. More and more African authors are ...

A mixture of poetry, plays, memoirs, and novels awaits the reader, showcasing the best of Africa and the diaspora this year. A much-anticipated translation from Portuguese and a second effort by multi ...

When it comes to African literature, translation has mostly meant translating work from European languages into African ones. Translation from African languages into English has been long overdue. Now ...

Books are a great way to learn more about cultures, identities, and much more. That’s why we want to help you add a few more to your summer reading list. For Africa Day this year, we asked our ONE ...

The political crisis in Kenya triggered by the botched 2007 elections seems to have caught talented young writers off guard. As prose writers search for their voices, it has been the poets who have ...

AN AMERICAN VISITOR (247 pp.)—Joyce Gary—Harper ($3.95). Most of today’s countless novels about Africa offer a paraphrase of headlines, a splash of truculent social justice, and a dubbed-in romance.

When “Black Panther,” an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics eponymous character, debuted in 2018, it marked a major milestone as one of the first Black heroes in mainstream American ...