Jhalak Shortlist announced: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s ‘The First Woman’ nominated.
A review of ‘Four Hundred Souls’ edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keish N. Blain.
A tale of thoughts and whispers - of a journey to a home unknown.
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When his dad left, he had his mum. With his mum gone, who does he have?
A review of Alain Mabanckou’s novel ‘The Death of Comrade President’.
A review of ‘His Only Wife’ by Peace Adzo Medie.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and David Diop have been longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize.
Review of ‘The Days of Silence’ by Angel Patricks Amegbe
A poem about endings and new beginnings, by Kataru Yahya, aka Capricorn Quill.
A personal reflection on the effects of colonialism, racism, and religion on the North African identity
Literandra Review of ‘Once Upon a Childhood’ by Lara Brown.
A Literandra Exclusive Review of Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’, written by Victor Kouassi