African Literature
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Book Review – The Thing Around Your Neck
A collection of 12 short stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie exploring relationships between parents and children, husbands and wives, siblings and Nigeria and the West. more...
Review -- The Hunter's Wife by Katherine Scholes
The hostess of a safari lodge in Tanzania in 1968 finds herself caught between her duty to her husband and her attraction to an actor filming on location at her home. more...
Review: A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
Malla Nunn's Detective Emmanuel Cooper finds himself caught up in the murder of an Afrikaans police captain in a small country town. more...
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African Women Tell Their Side of the Story
By:
Uni Blake
African women have always had stories to tell. However, not enough of the women are putting their writing to paper for others to read. more...
New Books on Africa – Notable Nonfiction in 2009
By: Cathy Sunshine
A round-up of 15 recommended new books on contemporary African politics and society. more...
'Disgrace' is not just a political allegory of racial tension in post-apartheid South Africa; it is also a poignant study of the limitations of language and love. more...
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
By: Farai Muchemwa
Okonkwo, a well known wrestler, warrior, titled man, farmer and respected elder of the community, is the tragic hero in this African literary classic by Chinua Achebe. more...
Book Review – Cry, the Beloved Country
By: Alana Tutwiler
First published in 1948, Cry, the Beloved Country established Paton as one of South Africa's greatest writers and remains a world classic today. more...
Review of The Thing Around Your Neck
By: Kimberly Ward
The Orange prize-winning author's collection of twelve hauntingly intimate short stories examines the complexities of Nigerian professionals living in Africa and the USA more...
The Art of Satire– Herman Charles Bosman's Irony
By: Sarah Wild
Bosman is best known for his short stories which, through characteristic humour and irony, satirise the Afrikaans inhabitants of a small farming community in South Africa more...
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