Anyone familiar with African literature is likely to have read one of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novels or NoViolet Bulawayo’s highly praised debut We Need New Names. If you’re looking to delve deeper ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speculative fiction is booming and several African authors are staking a claim in the market. Donald Iain Smith/Getty Images Jedza ...

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 ...

Troy Johnson has been fighting for Black books since before most people knew what a website was. In 1997, the Harlem-raised entrepreneur sat down to teach himself e-commerce and ended up building ...

A feature of the Macondo Literary Festival, which was founded by journalist Anja Bengelstorff and award-winning Kenyan author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, has been to invite authors from the continent or ...

I didn’t start reading fiction until later in my life. Correction: I did not begin to consciously read until I was 15; I was still subjected to mandatory reading time both at school and at home. Back ...

WBFF-FOX Baltimore — The Black Girl Book Fair is set to take place today, bringing together readers, writers, and creatives to celebrate the power of Black women's voices in literature. The event will ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the stories told about the region. By Abdi Latif Dahir Abdi Latif Dahir reported ...

Detail of a photo of Frank Anthony (front left) on Robben Island with Walter Sisulu (front right). © Unknown/Courtesy Nelson Mandela Foundation How does it come ...

The Chinese market is one of the most difficult to break into but these African authors are taking Afro-lit to the world. English-to-Chinese translator, Bruce Humes has published a list of 66 authors ...

It is very important for upcoming literature writers to author their work in African languages for posterity of their communities' culture and local languages. The East African Education Publishers (E ...