“Go tie your wrapper well, can’t you see, you have started growing breasts?”, Said ubunkhei, my 14-year old male best-friend. Mami and Papi always told me to tie my wrappers well too, especially when going to the stream because “evil spirits were always looking for people as wives and husbands” I never took any of them serious, I always felt safe in my village.
Africa has come a long way from escaping the shackles of her colonial masters. Yet she seems to have found it difficult to escape the harrowing clutches of corruption, nepotism, and blatant disregard for the rule of law. This abnormality may have been overlooked, and indeed may have become normal if not for the efforts …
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African literature encompasses all oral and written literature and aims at portraying Africa in its truest form. African writers have projected their voices on issues concerning the African society. We have put together a few of these amazing persons..
We believe in the beauty of our past, we encourage every creative and help them find themselves by discovering their pasts. We believe that soon African literature will become a vast body of work that is referenced in the literary space and beyond. At the moment, we need more hands to enable us to actualize our dreams effectively. If you’ll love to be one of those who will help us propel our boats faster, do join us. We need you.
When we read ‘A Taste Of Black’ we were intrigued. What had inspired the author to write that piece? Meet the author of one of the best pieces we have read in the community.
Nnedi Okorafor is simply genius! She is is a Nigerian-American award winning novelist of African based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism…
Agwaze Gift Naomi is a student and is studying Physics in the University of Benin. She is an active member of the tribesmen community and recently emerged as the tribesman of the week…
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo, is one book that has shown so much promise and leaves us expectant of what will come from the writer, next. NoViolet Bulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele, an expatriate Zimbabwean writer who lives currently in the United States of America. It is a debut novel…
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is a beautiful piece of literature that is at once provocative and hilarious and as with most authors, the author has a large following. However, there’s a few things you didn’t know about Lola Shoneyin that you might want to take a look at….
African French writers are serving up hot stuff and we thought you should meet some of them.
1. Alain Mabanckou – Congo.
Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France.
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