During his lifetime, Okot p’Bitek was concerned that African nations, including his native Uganda, be built on African and not European foundations. Traditional African songs became a regular feature in his work,... Read more »
Norbert Zongo was one of Burkina Faso’s most respected journalist before his politically motivated murder in 1998. As an editor of the newspaper per L’Indépendant, Zongo wrote under the pen name of... Read more »
Under the pseudonym Eza Boto, Mongo Beti wrote Cruel City in 1954 before he came to the world’s attention with the publication of The Poor Christ of Bomba. Cruel City tells the... Read more »
Blake or The Huts of America is the fascinating story by the late great Pan-Africanist Martin Delany (1812-1885). The narrative focuses around an enslaved African by the name of Blake who travels... Read more »
A novel of considerable power and complexity from the pen of one of Cameroon’s greatest modern writers, Mongo Beti, The Poor Christ of Bomba is a biting critique of colonial life and... Read more »
The Ruins of Empires – an epic poem. A story that follows the “Knowledge Seeker” through the course of human history, via astral travel and multiple reincarnations, in an attempt to discover... Read more »
Yoruba Trickster Tales come out of the tradition of evening storytelling, a popular form of entertainment in traditional African societies. A favorite genre among these folktales is the trickster tale, variations of... Read more »
A beautiful collection of early writings from one of Africa’s finest writers. While this collection is currently out of print, we encourage you to remain vigilant and try to get a hold... Read more »
Set in 1990’s West Africa, Ayesha Harruna Attah’s second novel Saturday’s Shadows, introduces us to the Avoka family, a family that is struggling to maintain its cohesion in the midst of a... Read more »
SANHAT, among Africa’s oldest written literary texts, comes from the time of King Sehotepibre, three thousand eight hundred years ago. Sanhat, an officer returning from Libya after a military expedition, hears messengers... Read more »