Everyone expects us to fail, and to succeed is to be the exception. The space between renders us unremarkable.
Literary fiction
How this great Ugandan novel shows us other ways of knowing
Where most African literature must harness Western critical acclaim before being celebrated back home, Kintu marks an important first in African literary history.
Shadow Forward: A Review of My Monticello
Who and what are we the product of, and what is the future of this current birthing? I want us to exercise patience as we wait for the arrival of answers.
“I am not a planner”: A conversation with Chibundu Onuzo
Borne out of her doctoral research on the West African Student Union of 1920s London, Sankofa marks a departure from Chibundu Onuzo's first two novels.
Sankofa comes at the right time
Following Welcome to Lagos, Sankofa marks a departure from Lagosian life and tells the story of a mixed-race British woman's search for her long-lost West African father.