(“How Things Fall Apart became the way things fell together” – Aeron Bady). Written by Odimegwu Onwumere African Writers Series (AWS) was founded in…
’There’s so much constantly to react to in the world in which we live, and in a country like South Africa, that can become…
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Aporia: Ngugi’s Fatalistic Logic of the Unassailable Position of Indigenous Languages in African Literature
The question of language choice in African literature has caused significant ripples in the pool of literary criticism. The genesis of this discourse dates…
’The strongest thing I believe about fiction is that it requires two to come forward. It’s a very deep form of play’ The entire…
People of all ages crowded into the Timothy Dwight dining hall Wednesday, craning to catch a glimpse of Chinua Achebe as his hoarse but…
Ngugi’s latest publication Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir is a treasure-house of childhood memories. It is an informative and didactic memoir written with…
Lennox Odiemo-Munara provides us with a taste of ‘Ten Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing’, which revisits the winning short stories and those…
This is the age when the seeds of Cameroonian literature are being sown. Question: are we conscious of the fact? If we are to…
Achebe’s latest publication, The Education of a British-Protected Child, is a compendium of seventeen skillfully written non-fictional pieces in which he walks his readers down…
Iraqis of African origin say they face political, financial and social injustice. Last Modified: 11 Jan 2010 08:51 GMT Black Iraqis in the southern…