Brenda Fassie is, arguably, one of the greatest African singers of the last 20 years. Widely considered the Queen of African Pop (in South Africa and beyond), Fassie is often seen as one of the most remarkable artists who has successfully appealed to a wide audience made of both disfranchised, poor people and middle-class Africans, [...]

Here’s an innovative idea in Sino-African relations: a floating hospital (called the Peace Arc) is visiting various African countries, beginning with Kenya (Mombasa). Owen Barder asks a valuable question: Is agriculture key to African development? An Impressive March Against Sexual Violence takes place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Somali pirates seize South Korean ship. [...]

Benjamin Kwakye is, by all means and purposes, a literary force to be reckoned with.  Born in Accra, Ghana, Benjamin Kwakye attended the Presbyterian Secondary School (Presec), Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. He currently works and lives near Chicago. His first novel, the one I just finished reading, is called The Clothes of Nakedness. Set [...]

It doesn’t often happen that I finish reading a book and then I end up starring at my ceiling thinking to myself: this was a hell of a book. Every time it happens, I feel this strange feeling of exuberating joy and I feel so happy with myself despite the fact that I had no [...]

The reason why this approach pisses me off is that it represents a ghettoization of a discipline. Basically, a publishing house is making an artificial division in the field of literature based on racial terms. What that implies is that the average customer is deprived of the element of surprise that comes with buying a book just for the sake of the book. Now you’re literally told from the beginning that this book is published by a black person dealing with black issues.