African Folktales for the Entire family
This is a nice book for children. My friend recommended it and I enjoyed reading it to my children. My children especially loved the King Finger. I was surprised at the quality of the work. Africans are really going places and this makes me proud.
Jamati Attends 50th Anniversary Celebration of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
He entered the room from the rear, with the regal bearing of an Elder Statesman. All fidgeting stopped and chatter died down as necks craned and cameras flashed. A woman in front of me wearing her head wrap in an unmistakably Nigerian manner grabbed the hand of the white stranger sitting next to her and exclaimed, “There he is! I can’t believe it!” The excitement and anticipation in the room was similar to what I felt the time I ditched classes to attend a Janet Jackson concert. But these awe-struck fans were gathered not in a stadium, but in a Washington D.C. conference room at the offices of the Washington Post. The event was not a pop concert, but a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, sponsored by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and The Washington Post. But for those of us in that room, nothing could have topped the opportunity to be in the presence of the man from Ogidi, Nigeria who has been called the Father of Modern African Literature. » Read more…
Chris Abani - A long way from persecution and jail
Chris Abani was arrested as a teen when his first book Masters of the Board was released. The Nigerian Government was not amused by the political thriller about a foiled Nigerian coup. Chris was arrested again two more times for his writing. He endured horrific torture while imprisoned. He escaped to London and eventually moved to Los Angeles. His best-selling novel GraceLand was personally picked by Walter Mosley to be the Today Show book club pick in 2005. Chris is a Professor at the University of California, Riverside and the recipient of the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a California Book Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award & the PEN Hemingway Book Prize. His latest book, Song For Night was recently released to more critical acclaim. Jamati Online caught up with this best-selling author to learn more about the man, the musician, and yes, the funny guy. » Read more…
Well-Souled in South Africa by Mital Shah
Mital Shah and her team decided to document South Africa in a way that had not been done before. They wanted South Africa to lead the way and they would follow. The result is a beautiful 312 page book filled with fashion portraits, interviews, and local knowledge from South African style influencers as well as breathtaking landscape and historical imagery. The book is about the beauty, style, and soul of South Africa as Mital experienced them. » Read more…
Caves Speak In Metaphors - Napo Masheane
This book is a reflection of one women’s truth on life but amazingly enough the pieces featured in this book are gauranteed to carry the reader, like the wind, to a place of hunger for living. » Read more…
Lebo Mashile: Wordsmith Extraordinaire
She’s not only a word smith extraordinaire, visual verbalist, and an icon of modern South African poetry, but it is Lebo Mashile’s tireless work ethic that has earned her numerous titles including published author, executive producer, actress, television presenter, life skills facilitator/speaker, independent record producer, MC and poet. In all her creative roles, it is Lebo’s sharp intellect, questioning mind and fierce sense of social exploration that drives her passion for creativity. » Read more…
African Love Poems And Proverbs
The African Love Poems and Proverbs is a varied collection of poems and proverbs by husband and wife Wolf and Charlotte Leslau, along side Solomon M. Skolnick the author of “Amazing Grace:The Beloved song. The book also has beautiful captivating decorations by Jeff Hill. » Read more…
What Is The What
Dave Eggers met Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese refugee finally living in Atlanta after spending almost his entire childhood fleeing the civil war. Together they decided to tell the long story of Valentino’s life as a “Lost Boy of Sudan.” Eggers soon realized that fictionalizing the story would give it a full effect. » Read more…
Chris Abani - Song For Night
Song for Night is a first-person tale of lost identity, suffering, and displacement. My Luck became a solider at age 12 after witnessing the murders of his Islam-convert father and stoic mother. My Luck is now 15. He is small for his age and very smart. He was trained to detect and defuse land mines. To ensure that My Luck and his brave comrades, including Ijeoma, the girl My Luck loves, remain quiet no matter what happens, the troop leaders have cut their vocal chords. » Read more…
African Rhapsody: Short Stories of the Contemporary African Experience
Given our rich oral tradition where great wisdom can be communicated in a few simple yet eloquent words, it makes sense that African writers would excel at short story writing. The economical yet rich use of language Africans have honed through proverbs and fables passed through generations is evident in African Rhapsody: Short Stories of the Contemporary African Experience. » Read more…
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