Countries Tanzania bans children’s books for violating ‘cultural norms’ Dar Es Salaam – The Tanzanian government has banned a popular series of children’s books from schools in the... Read more 15 Feb, 2023
Countries Hadraawi, ‘Shakespeare of Somalia’, dies aged 79 Mogadishu – Award-winning Somali poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, better-known by his pen name Hadraawi, died Thursday aged 79, prompting... Read more 19 Aug, 2022
Countries Top Zimbabwe novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga defiant after acquittal bid fails Harare – Award-winning Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga will go on trial next week for inciting violence after... Read more 4 Aug, 2022
Countries Zimbabwe issues arrest warrant for top author Harare – Zimbabwe has issued an arrest warrant for award-winning author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga after she failed to... Read more 28 Jun, 2022
Countries Ugandan author and activist arrested, says lawyer Kampala – Ugandan author and human rights activist, Norman Tumuhimbise, has been arrested ahead of his book launch, his lawyer... Read more 12 Mar, 2022
Arts and Leisure Damon Galgut: the Booker-winning star of modern African literature Cape Town – Books, artwork and antique writing instruments fill Damon Galgut’s apartment in Cape Town, yet his Booker... Read more 9 Dec, 2021
Arts and Leisure Legendary novelist Wilbur Smith dies at home in Cape Town aged 88 Johannesburg – Internationally acclaimed author Wilbur Smith died at his home in South Africa on Saturday after a decades-long... Read more 14 Nov, 2021
Arts and Leisure Gurnah Nobel prize a ‘victory for Tanzania and Africa’ Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s government hailed Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday for winning the Nobel Literature Prize, calling it a “victory”... Read more 8 Oct, 2021