NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Bennet ...

African Liberty, a platform that promotes civil discussions on the continent, has announced the opening of applications for its 2026–2027 writing fellowship. The fellowship is a 12-month programme ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2004, shortly after the publication of 'Purple Hibiscus.' Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Twenty years ago, ...

Four African screenwriters will be pitching their original TV projects to industry guests on Tuesday at the 17th Series Mania ...

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Representatives of 32 national writers associations from African countries recently converged on Ibadan, Oyo State capital, to reflect on how literature has contributed to African agenda for peace, ...

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 ...

What is the state of African literature given the number of African writers-poets, novelists, playwrights, more, who have moved to the Western world overtime? This issue of the mixture of African ...

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