7 Books by Southern African Women You Should Be Reading
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, author of "Innards," recommends stories spanning South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia
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A Secret Reverberates Across Four Generations of an East African Indian Family
Janika Oza fictionalizes her family's immigration story in "A History of Burning" to question complicity, safety, and belonging
May 12 2023 - Rosa Boshier González
“No One Cares About Africans”
The reception of Ukrainian refugees spotlights how badly Black and brown refugees are treated
Aug 2 2022 - Sally Hayden
How to Be a Terrible No-Good African Daughter
Figuring out how to live and write as the child of Nigerian immigrants, to the dulcet strains of Toto
May 11 2021 - Freda Epum
A Coming-of-Age Novel that Weaves Ugandan Folklore and African Feminism
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on her new book "A Girl is a Body of Water"
Dec 17 2020 - Richa Kaul Padte
10 Books By African Women Rewriting History
Authors from across the continent reimagine the pasts of their home countries
Jul 23 2019 - Carey Baraka
Tochi Onyebuchi Recommends African Visions of the Future by Women and Nonbinary Authors
For our Read More Women series, the author of "Riot Baby" picks his favorite Afrofuturist novels that aren't by men
Jul 4 2019 - Electric Literature
The Doomed Friendship That Helped Define African American Literature
Yuval Taylor on his book "Zora and Langston," and the collaboration and conflict between these great writers
May 30 2019 - Jennifer Baker
Marlon James Reclaims African Myths in Fantasy Saga “Black Leopard, Red Wolf”
Tochi Onyebuchi talks to the author about the first book in “The Dark Star Trilogy”
Feb 5 2019 - Tochi Onyebuchi
Chibundu Onuzo Recommends a Reading List of African Authors
The author of ‘Welcome to Lagos’ on the literary gems of Africa
