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BESSIE HEAD (1937 - 1986)
Bessie Head is one of the most celebrated female writers in African history. Her novels and diverse short stories continue to stand the test of time.Born in South Africa, it was later on in Botswana...
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FUTHI NTSHINGILA's SECOND NOVEL
Futhi Ntshingila, a South African female writer, made her literary debut with the accomplished work, Shameless (2008)
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SPOTLIGHT ON SOQAGA'S LITERARY WORK (2014)
"Ishmael Mzwandile Soqaga has excitingly emerged as a prolific BlackSouth African literary critic, essayist, and author. His first twopublished books, Omoseye Bolaji a voyage around his literary...
View ArticleADEREMI ADEGBOLA (Frank Talk)
I have no doubt in my mind that in Africa many of our good creative writers have not been given the recognition or credit that they deserve. Or that we simply do not hear about them again, and future...
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THE STORY BEHIND MY BOOK, SECRETS
By Matshidiso Patricia TalengPoetry is the blood running through my veins, it’s the inhaling part of breathing, the rhythmic part of my heartbeat, I love poetry so much that I never go to sleep without...
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MAFIKA GWALA (1946 - 2014)
Mafika Gwala, the recently departed South African writer, was one of the most important black poets churned out in the 60s and 70s.His name was synonymous with the era of Black Consciousness -...
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OLABISI AJALA: An African Abroad
I read this book twice when I was entering my teens; this was one of the prized books in my father's superb library long ago. Later on as a young adult I read this work again... It is a very impressive...
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'Transferential displacement' in Bolaji's Far up! Far out! Far more!.
By Tiisetso M Thiba I have been reading Bolaji's new work, Far up! Far out! Far more (2014) and whilst wading through the over 25 short essays or stories in the book, I have been struck by the way the...
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YVONNE VERA: Butterfly Burning
Set in the mid-1940s, in the black township of Makokoba in Bulawayo (Rhodesia), Butterfly Burning tells the story of the love between the 50-year old Fumbatha and the much younger Phephelaphi...
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William Plomer – much ahead of his time!!
By Ishmael Mzwandile SoqagaWhen one begins to reminisce about the past racial situation that inhumanely defined members of the human race as unequal, it becomes difficult for the victims of racial...
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DAMBUDZO MARECHERA: (Black Sunlight)
Overview by Paul LothaneAlthough the outstanding Zimbabwean writer, Dambudzo Marechera, died so young (at only 35) he had already cemented himself as one of Africa's all-time distinguished writers....
View ArticleCHRIS VAN WYK (1957 - 2014)
By Raphael Mokoena "An amiable, warm man passionately in love with the world of writing" This was the impression I got of Chris van Wyk at a workshop on literature we both attended some years ago....
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ALI MAZRUI (1933 - 2014)
South African Minister Mthethwa on the passing of World Renowned African Scholar, Ali Mazrui: “It is with sadness that we have learned of the passing on world renowned andleading African academic,...
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Ayi Kwei Armah's THE RESOLUTIONARIES (2013)
"As a professional interpreter, Nefert works at conferences where Africa's rulers meet not to solve the continent's problems, but to resolve to beg for solutions from past and present masters. ......
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PETER ABRAHAMS - What an inspiration!
By O BolajiNot far from becoming a centenarian now, the South African writer, Peter Abrahams in his pomp brilliantly inspired a generation of disparate African writers. On his own part, world class...
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AMOS TUTUOLA – Quintessential African Writer
By Ishmael Mzwandile SoqagaIdeally African literature is quite superlative for a number of reasons. It is infelicitous that many libraries in Africa are not productively resourced to unfold this...
View ArticleADEREMI ADEGBOLA (Frank Talk)
I have no doubt in my mind that in Africa many of our good creative writers have not been given the recognition or credit that they deserve. Or that we simply do not hear about them again, and future...
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RELISHING BOOKS AND LITERATURE...
By Leke GiwaAs a new year kicks off we can perhaps look at our reading habits – if it exists at all. A depressing fact in Africa is that too few people read for leisure, or just for the sake of...
View ArticleJAMES HADLEY CHASE - Boosting African Literature!
By Azuka OnwukaI have been planning to write this for many years now but the article of Prof Okey Ndibe, author, columnist and literature lecturer, with the headline, “How Achebe saved me from James...
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THE ALLURE OF ZAKES MDA
In recent times the South African writer, Zakes Mda has emerged as one of the all-time greats of African literature. His diamond-studded novels in particular continue to garner wide-ranging praise and...
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