7 Novels About African Women in All Their Complexities
Louisa Onomé, author of "Pride and Joy," recommends stories that lean into the messy humanness of their characters
Louisa Onomé, author of "Pride and Joy," recommends stories that lean into the messy humanness of their characters
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, author of "Innards," recommends stories spanning South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia
Janika Oza fictionalizes her family's immigration story in "A History of Burning" to question complicity, safety, and belonging
Nobel Prize Winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of "Afterlives," writes literature that challenges complicity and state violence
The reception of Ukrainian refugees spotlights how badly Black and brown refugees are treated
Geopolitical and personal interactions between continental Africa and China are anything but new
Okezie Nwọka, author of "God of Mercy," recommends books by African writers about the legacy of colonialism on their homelands
Figuring out how to live and write as the child of Nigerian immigrants, to the dulcet strains of Toto
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on her new book "A Girl is a Body of Water"
Authors from across the continent reimagine the pasts of their home countries