When Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 7 — the first Black African writer since Nigerian Wole Soyinka won it in 1986 — you could almost hear the head-scratching, at ...

The death of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in May 2025 closes a defining chapter in African literature. We revisit his role in the African literary revolution, decolonisation of language, exile, and global legacy ...

Nuzo Onoh, an award-winning Nigerian-British writer of Igbo descent, is a pioneer of the African horror literary genre, amid a ...

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 ...

On Nov. 3, when the jury of the Booker Prize decided to give Britain’s most prestigious fiction award to South African writer Damon Galgut, 58, they surprised no one more than the author himself. “I’m ...

The 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing has been won by South African writer Lidudumalingani for his beautiful story ‘Memories we Lost’. The 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing has been won by South ...

The Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) will be held from 14th to 18th January at University City in Sharjah, under ...

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 ...

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks during the Sharjah International Book Fair in the United Arab Emirates on November 10, 2025. [Caroline Chebet, Standard] One of the major accusations ...

Under the patronage of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the ...

Jedza, the protagonist, is convinced that his life is haunted. First, by the guilt of being accidentally responsible for the death of a childhood friend who was run over by a train. Second, by the ...