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The challenge for African writers, the Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o famously asserted half a century ago, is a challenge of language; if violence was the weapon of physical subjugation, then language was the weapon of spiritual subjugation. Alongside...

0 SHARES Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter 10 things you did not know about Grace Ogot Speaking of phenomenal women you can count Grace Ogutu in. She is one of the most remarkable women who ever lived. We can say that she  and Maya Angelou are cut...

Born in Nigeria in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in the university town of Nsukka, living for a time in a house once occupied by Chinua Achebe. After briefly studying medicine and pharmacy at the University of Nigeria, Adichie moved to the United...

NOVANEWS Public Domain Marika Sherwood Britain was heavily dependent on colonial wo/man-power, raw materials and even financial contributions. Black people conscripted by Empire suffered racial discrimination throughout a war which was supposedly...

As remains of renowned novelist Buchi Emecheta are buried today in London, some of her colleagues, including celebrated poet Niyi Osundare, iconic dramatist Femi Osofisan and her publisher Margaret Busby bid her farewell in these tributes. EVELYN OSAGIE...