African Literature
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February 12, 2018 |
Portrait of Buchi Emecheta by Val Wilmer from the cover of The Slave Girl (G. Braziller, 1977) Buchi Emecheta’s novella The Bride Price should play a larger role in world litera... -
November 9, 2016 |
Emmanuel Iduma. Photo by Dawit L. Petros Emmanuel Iduma’s The Sound of Things to Come was first published as Farad in Nigeria. Its unusual style and ambition instantly... -
February 5, 2016 |
Image: MyBookmark/Etsy News, Reviews, and Interviews This Hong Kong bookseller is keeping banned books on his shelves, selling works that are critical of the Chinese leadership. Slovenian author Al... -
July 3, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews National Book Award winner and Puterbaugh Fellow Sherman Alexie will publish his first picture book in May 2016. WLT featured Alexie on the cover of the July 201... -
May 8, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is serving as the co-curator for this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, a weeklong literature event that happened this week in Ne...
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