Silence of the enslaved
Ashraf Kagee’s Song of the Slave Girl reimagines Cape slavery through emotion, love and loss, giving voice to histories erased from official memory
postcolonial literature
Francis Nyamnjoh’s novel a new grace for the old order
Echoes of Grace is a coming-of-age tale where faith, ancestry, and mentorship shape a young girl’s path to purpose
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, literary icon and cultural revolutionary, dies at 87
His pen exposed injustice, honoured heritage and helped free the African imagination from colonial constraint
