Ngũgĩ in America
A few years ago, heart surgery forced Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the Kenyan writer and perennial Nobel shortlister, to give up driving. He misses it. He misses getting behind the wheel for a few hours with no end point in mind,
Filipino Books and Publishing
A few years ago, heart surgery forced Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the Kenyan writer and perennial Nobel shortlister, to give up driving. He misses it. He misses getting behind the wheel for a few hours with no end point in mind,
The Republic of Kenya is the 29th most populous country in the world, home to more than 47,600,000 people, and the third largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has an incredibly rich history, tracing primate habitation for more than 20
The African continent is responsible for only 2–3% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industrial sources. But it’s alarmingly suffering from the effects of the climate crisis, as reports from the UN and others show. On the
On Wikipedia, you can learn about how Wilfred Xavier Johnson was not only the first African American elected to the Connecticut General Assembly, but was also the first Black bank teller in Connecticut – he worked at the Hartford National
While putting the finishing touches on her soon-to-be opened establishment, The Noir Bookshop, Ymani Wince picked up a weathered paperback from the shelf. It is her personal copy of Terry McMillan’s breakthrough novel “Mama.” “My stepmother gave me this book
When South African writer Antjie Krog was just 17, she wrote a poem for her school magazine which was shocking enough to upset Kroonstad High’s parents. The furore caught the attention of the Sunday newspapers, who descended on the town
ALTOONA, Pa. — Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English, creative writing and African literature at Penn State Altoona, has signed a contract to republish her book of poetry, “The River is Rising.”Originally published in 2007, the book has been out
It was during the writing of my second novel, a few months in, when an American writer who had passed away some 50 years earlier began persistently to enter my ambit. Not in the manner of a haunting; at least,
It was during the writing of my second novel, a few months in, when an American writer who had passed away some 50 years earlier began persistently to enter my ambit. Not in the manner of a haunting; at least,
PANAMA CITY — A celebration years in the making, "Treasures from the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection," opened Friday at Florida State University Panama City."The story is not a Black story; it's an American story," said Bernard Kinsey,