African Writers
From the continent's classics and new writing, the story of Africa's literature
Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe talks about his book Things Fall Apart
Ahdaf Soueif - The Map of Love—World Book Club
Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif on what has gone wrong in Egypt in her eyes
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Wole Soyinka - Ake: The Years of Childhood
Nigerian playwright, poet and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on his childhood memoirs
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses her novel Half of a Yellow Sun
Nuruddin Farah - Maps—World Book Club
Somali writer Nuruddin Farah will be discussing his novel Maps with Harriett Gilbert
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Leila Aboulela - Minaret—World Book Club
Harriet Gilbert talks to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela about her novel Minaret.
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Yasmina Khadra - The Swallows of Kabul—World Book Club
Algerian novelist Yasmina Khadra on his searing novel, The Swallows of Kabul
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'This is no easy town for my heart to beat in'.
Liberian writer Hawa Jande Golakai describes her relationship with her hometown, Monrovia
'Language is your tool of trade'
Kenyan poet Dan Mwangi uses spoken word poetry as an 'avenue for change'.
Creating black heroines in children's fiction
Author Veronique Tadjo on the lack of Black female role models in children's fiction.
How Fela Kuti inspired Odafe Atogun's debut novel Taduno's Song
Odafe Atogun touches on issues of exile, identity & sacrifice in his novel Taduno's Song
