Literature

The Best Books By African Writers in 2019 So Far...

From evocative prose to moving memoirs and hilarious satire, we bring you some of Africa's best reads from the first half of 2019:

Samira Sawlani·over 4 years ago

In its portrayal of women, the classic South African novel Mhudi was ahead of its time

Solomon T. Plaatje was born in 1876 and was one of the founding members of South Africa’s current ruling party, the African National Congress. He was a politician, intellectual, journalist and author of the seminal Native Life in Sout...

Jenny Boźena du Preez·over 3 years ago