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August/September 2024

Books

7 Books That Will Help You Understand the African Immigrant Experience in the UK

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that will help you understand the plight of African immigrant in the UK. From fiction to photography, whether works of historical research or social commentary, the books on this list span genres and eras to paint a vivid picture of the African immigrant experience in the UK.
August/September 2024Read Something AfricanReading
Chimezie Chika

‘Writing Is a Process of Thinking and Thinking Is Living’ Chimezie Chika’s First Draft 

Nigerian writer, Chimezie Chika, believes that fidelity to the quality of work is what makes an artist or artwork timeless: ‘I think art has a lot to do with quality—and I mean quality as substance: the quality of colour, the quality of light, the quality of strokes, the quality of mood, the quality of thought, and the quality of ideas. All great art possesses these qualities.’
August/September 2024First DraftInterviewsNigeria
Nadia Davids

‘Plays Are an Astonishingly Intimate Way of Experiencing Art and Time’ Nadia Davids’ First Draft

South African writer, Nadia Davids, says her latest play, Hold Still, first came to her when she was living in London in 2015: ‘There was a constant stream of horrific news stories depicting families fleeing their homes. I wanted to explore how ordinary people responded to a humanitarian crisis and how family histories shape us. I also wanted to consider what happens when the crisis reaches our own homes.’
August/September 2024First DraftInterviewsSouth Africa