Benjamin Kwakye - The Sun By Night
Benjamin Kwakye has scored another winner with his second book, The Sun By Night. A prostitute has been found murdered and Manu, a wealthy, happily married businessman is the prime suspect. Secrets begin to unravel as the story unfolds, leaving Manu’s life exposed to the public. As the trial unfolds the attention turns to the issues that affect the trial, including the social standing, the stigmas attached to a prostitute, and the views on marriage and infidelity. As the drama unfolds, one is drawn into the contrasting worlds, and, just as soon as you think that you know how it is going to end, the story takes an unexpected turn. » Read more…
Ngugi wa Thiongo - Wizard of the Crow
There is an old adage from the Yoruba tribe of West Africa that says “A reversing ram will gather momentum and charge with more power.” Ngugi is the reversing ram, gathering momentum and charging powerfully with his latest release; Wizard of the Crow after a 20 year break. » Read more…
Dayo Forster - Reading the Ceiling
Dayo Forster Dayo was born in Gambia and now lives in Kenya. She has published a short story in Kwani?, Kenya’s literary magazine, and was one of twelve African writers selected as a participant for the 2006 Caine Prize Writer’s Workshop. The story produced as a result of the ten-day workshop will be published in a Caine Prize anthology in July 2006. » Read more…
Judith Stone - When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race
In 1966, a 9-yr old Sandra Laing was expelled from an all white school South African school due to a reclassification of her complexion–DARK. This is despite her being the daughter of white-skinned, European, Afrikaaner parents. Over the next couple of years, Sandra was once again reclassified as white as a result of her father’s efforts to separate his child from what was considered a stigmatized black race. This story is a documentation of some of the effects of the Apartheid that ripped the country of South Africa during this era.
Alek Wek - From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
The rags to riches story of the African is not a new one. People like to tell the story of a poor village African who all of a sudden has luxury and wealth in the West. It is not often that the true in between story is told. In ALEK, the supermodel takes us on her journey between her home country; a war torn Sudan and her current international supermodel global status.
Alek (the 7th of 9 children) was born into a family that was nowhere near wealthy in material things and not quite poor either. The Wek family was rich in the fact that they had a roof over their head, food on the table, and clothes on their back. These things, although basic were not available to many people. Alek’s father was an upright man who loved her mother, and worked hard to provide for his family. » Read more…
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