By Nehru OdehProf. John Pepper Clark-Bekeredemo was a writer who extended the frontiers of African literature. He was not just an accomplished poet and playwright known for the lyricism of his poetry ...

Don’t miss the Umhlanga Book Fair, which runs until March 22. Meet local authors, join inspiring talks, and discover your ...

Years of Black Life and Culture Festival explores 250 years of Black life, culture, and resistance through scholarship, literature, music, and community. The 2026 Africana Arts & Humanities ...

Shaffer examines how early 20th-century African American novels captured the promise and challenges faced by Blacks migrating from the rural South to Northern cities. Published this month by the ...

Ms. Morrison, who wrote “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon,” was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel in literature.

Rest well, the activist in the struggle. The fight continues, and many will carry your legacy forward. ...many have described BJ's death "as the end of an era in Nigerian and African literary ...

Benin is guest of honor at the 2026 African Book Fair in Paris. More than 400 authors and 150 publishers from 20 countries are expected. The spotlight comes as Benin’s publishing sector continues to ...

MILWAUKEE — It’s been a little over a year since Cetonia Weston softly opened up her bookstore, Niche Book Bar, on N Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. in Milwaukee. In those 12 months, the dream Weston had ...

In this unusually eventful — mostly not in good ways — year for higher education, it’s salutary to be reminded how much good scholarly work there’s been, despite everything. As we do every year, we ...

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: “All the Blues in the Sky,” written by Renée Watson and published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books, an imprint of ...

In a quiet neighborhood of Adenta stands a bright yellow house behind a tall black gate. Before entering, visitors are invited to pause and read The Tenderness Manifesto by Mbella Sonne Dipoko. It ...

African literature in English came of age with the works of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Chinua Achebe, Francis Imbuga, Grace Ogot, Elechi Amadi among others. In popular literature, John Kiriamiti’s My Life in ...