I have heard it repeated, ad nauseam: Covid-19 is the ultimate symbol of globalisation as a homogenising process devoid of all trappings of hierarchies and…
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Writing and sharing human experiences of COVID in East Africa: Call for potential book chapters
Are you experiencing COVID in East Africa and desiring to write and share your reflections? Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group is preparing…
Written 1,000 years ago, the epic story of 11th-Century Japan, The Tale of Genji, was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman. 14 August 2019…
The arts scene is booming in the self-declared republic of Somaliland but, as the BBC’s Mary Harper writes, the people who are pushing the…
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Quel rôle pourraient jouer les femmes, dans la prévention et la résolution des crises et conflits armés dans le bassin du lac Tchad
Le Bassin du Lac Tchad s’est distingué, ces dernières années, par une densification de la conflictualité, avec, en première ligne, la guerre menée par…
If one is to credit the hypothetical, then the success of the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho began very much in Africa. This came after…
Why the book endures, even in an era of disposable digital culture. By Timothy Egan Not long ago I found myself inside the hushed…
Prize-winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina has died after a short illness at the age of 48. He won the Caine Prize for African writing…
Le Sénégal, à l’instar de nombreux autres pays de son espace régional, reste fortement marqué des contraintes et pesanteurs d’un substrat socio anthropologique où…
Carrie Tangenberg Today’s guest post is a Q&A by Sangeeta Mehta (@sangeeta_editor), a former acquiring editor of children’s books at Little, Brown and Simon &…