The next global bestseller written by an African author will be a hit in Africa first.
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In death, Raila was accorded a state funeral, and the country watched as a man who had spent decades seeking the presidency received the ceremonial honours of a former national leader. The symbolism was striking. He never became president, yet his death occasioned the rituals, public mourning and national attention usually reserved for figures who had occupied the highest office.
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The question of how stories move beyond their place of origin was also central to Grivel’s contribution to the exhibition programme.“Be self-confident about your culture…
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Many people I know have been cremated. Prof Wangari Maathai. Charles Mugane Njonjo. Jeremiah Kiereini. Allan Thigo. Tough people. Important people. Revered celebrities…
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The longlist, announced on 6 October, brings together fiction, memoir, poetry, history, children’s literature and non-fiction from publishers across Africa and the…
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“The Blue Fighter” follows Tinashe, a young boy whose family is plunged into financial difficulty after his father leaves his profession to pursue his passion for…
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Mvua Press has closed its 2026 call for manuscript submissions, thanking African authors for sharing their stories, ideas and perspectives.
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Writing in My Life on the Road, Gloria Steinem reflected on the cost of this uneven distribution of opportunity, saying she was “angry about the human talent that was…
Review · Born at the End of the World
Review · Born at the End of the World
Review · After 4.30
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We also need more emotionally mature romance, stories that do not rush to resolution, or reduce love to chemistry alone. Love can be tender and still be complicated. It…
Traditionally, the nyatiti was reserved for initiated men. For a young Japanese woman to not only learn it but master it was unthinkable.
Kari’s inspiration also drew from the oral stories her mother used to tell — tales filled with ogres, village life and mystical animals. These folk memories, deeply…
Publisher · South Africa
We publish what makes us happy – from poetry, music biographies, fiction (novels, short stories etc.), fantasy and most importantly folklore/folktales in English and in African languages.
Publisher · South Africa
The FunDza Literacy Trust believes that reading changes lives.
Publisher · Uganda
FEMRITE, the Uganda Women Writers’ Association, is a pioneering literary organization established in 1995.
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