Ben Okri’s dreamlike tale of post-colonial Nigeria has many fans, but for me it was a long nightmare Dream sequences aren’t always the worst…
Fifty years on, we have yet to discover whether the legacy of colonialism will be brief or long-lasting This year 17 African countries have…
Victorians were enamored of the new science of statistics, so it seems fitting that these pioneering data hounds are now the subject of an…
US launch of Shailja Patel’s ’Migritude’ Internationally acclaimed Kenyan poet, playwright and activist Shailja Patel has launched ’Migritude’ in the US. ’Part memoir, part…
Novelist’s Delhi home besieged by Hindu women demanding that she quit India because of her views on Kashmir The Delhi home of the prize-winning…
Booker prize-winner says claim about territory not being an integral part of India was a call for justice in the disputed region The Booker…
Art, in any form, constitutes a key medium through which information and ideas are imparted and received. Artist Alert, launched by ARTICLE 19 in…
At first glance, Mario Vargas Llosa’s novels seem like a one-man miscellany of subjects and styles: There are harrowing narratives based on historical events like…
The pace of modern African literature is faster, tone and style sexier and more defiant than the great generation of Independence writers. Hitherto taboo…
Three years ago, the International Monetary Fund was irrelevant, an object of derision for all opponents of globalization. Under director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and as…