NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Bennet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2004, shortly after the publication of 'Purple Hibiscus.' Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Twenty years ago, ...

The Center for Black Literature has a host of programming in the coming weeks, leading up to its annual premiere event, the 18th National Black Writers Conference, taking place between March 25 ...

One of Africa’s most celebrated authors Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has passed away. The Kenyan writer and academic was 87 years old. Having published his first novel – Weep Not Child – in 1964, Ngũgĩ pursued a ...

Africa Writes is a bold addition to London’s cultural calendar.” Adichie, Nigerian best-selling author, this year released her latest novel Americana, which discusses challenges regarding immigration, ...

When Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 7 — the first Black African writer since Nigerian Wole Soyinka won it in 1986 — you could almost hear the head-scratching, at ...

Representatives of 32 national writers associations from African countries recently converged on Ibadan, Oyo State capital, to reflect on how literature has contributed to African agenda for peace, ...

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Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks during the Sharjah International Book Fair in the United Arab Emirates on November 10, 2025. [Caroline Chebet, Standard] One of the major accusations ...