Culture & Society
The Artist Archiving Igbo Life and Spirituality through Indigenous Aesthetics
How Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji is making Igbo culture and spirituality more accessible through digital art. Read More...
7 Wole Soyinka Plays That Feel Like They Were Written Today
In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven Wole Soyinka plays that feel as though they were written today. Whether first performed in 1960 or focused on specific issues like war or military dictatorship, the plays on this list feel eerily relevant to our present time and circumstances. Read More...
‘Gossip Is at the Heart of Any Good Story’ Carey Baraka’s First Draft
Author of ‘Remembering Kampala’, Carey Baraka, says the most common misconception about East African literature is that South Sudanese author and critic, Taban Lo Liyong, called the region a literary desert: ‘It is funny that East African writers continue to write against Lo Liyong, insisting that he is wrong, when what people are fighting doesn’t actually exist.’ Read More...
Filming the Prolonged Pain of Colonial Violence
For decades, families in Tanzania have been demanding the return of their ancestors’ human remains from Germany. These ancestors, executed leaders of resistance efforts against German colonial rule, were exhumed from their graves and taken to Germany. Cece Mlay discusses co-producing a new documentary on how their descendants are seeking justice and closure today. Read More...
The Last Time I Saw My Father
In the fading light of my father’s life, I watched helplessly as the man I once knew as vibrant and full of life slowly withered away. Though I loved him fiercely as a son, I did not realize how great my father was until years after his death. Read More...
A Poet’s Lament of a World on the Precipice
In her debut collection, Cadaver of Red Roses, Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi renders an evocative and poetic journey through past tragedies, protesting against war and poor leadership. Read More...
7 Books You Can Read in Less Than 24 Hours
In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books you can read in less than 24 hours. From fiction and non-fiction to plays, the books on this list can be read in less than a day. Read More...
‘A Great Story Should Make You Feel Deeply’ Othuke Ominiabohs’ First Draft
Founder of Masobe Books and author of Aviara, Othuke Ominiabohs, believes that writers should write whatever truly interests them. However, ‘it would be exciting to see more romantic stories, thrillers, and daring, genre-bending works from Nigerian writers.’ Read More...
A Profound Search for the Sublime
In The Most Secret Memory of Men, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr takes us on a literary journey that questions what it means to be an African writer today. Read More...
The Sonic Politics of Gabon’s Ntcham
As a music genre born from successive crises and widening access to new technologies, ‘ntcham’ manifests the attempts at escape, survival and diversion of Gabonese youth, as well as the challenges and anxieties surrounding the ongoing transition since the coup d’état of 30 August 2023. Read More...
