Books

Mubanga Kalimamukwento
In Conversation: Mubanga Kalimamukwento Talks “The Shipikisha Club” and Reclaiming the Place of Zambian Languages

“If, for generations, entire languages were flogged out of people so that English could be…

political novels
The Best 15 African Political Novels of the Last Decade

It is troubling that so little African fiction is confronting these issues with sufficient urgency.…

Pede Hollist
“Certainty Is the Prerogative of Those With the Power to Exclude and Reject”: Pede Hollist on Displacement, Diaspora, and the Stories We Carry

“I wanted a shorthand for expressing the fluidity and interparticipation of home and abroad in…

The Man With Two Heartbeats
The Paradox of Choice in MaryAnn Ifeanacho’s “The Man With Two Heartbeats”

“The Man With Two Heartbeats” is a short story that seeks to dissect the plurality…

The Shipikisha Club
“The Shipikisha Club” Review: Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s Book Is a Mosaic of Motherhood and Deferred Dreams

The Shipikisha Club is a book of “little wisdoms”. It is the work of a…

African literature
The Year So Far in African Literature: Talking Points of the First Quarter of 2026

The year is only just gearing up, but we can see that the African literary…

BackHomeAbroad and Other Stories
“BackHomeAbroad and Other Stories” Review: Immigrant Realities Convene in Pede Hollist’s Collection of Stories

Hollist’s characters are messy, preoccupied with notions of home and belonging, all of them hurtling…

piracy
The Ethics of Knowledge and the Difficult Conversation Around Book Piracy in Africa

Is piracy justified or unjustified? Is piracy good or bad in a continent like Africa?…

Ike Okonta
“The Situation in Africa Today Is So Urgent”: Ike Okonta on Fiction, Journalism, and Diagnosing the Nigerian Condition

“There is a place for irony and satire in fiction. But the situation in Africa…

Riding the Storm
“Riding the Storm” Review: What Does Africa’s Response to COVID-19 Teach Us?

The strength of Riding the Storm lies in the affirming facts it shows us about…