Traditions did not come with the first humans to walk the earth, like some sort of manual. They are not unchangeable, older-than-life truths. Instead, they were created when they were created…
Tradition vs Modernity and Why We Should Stop The Comparison Read Post »
Words that do not have a counterpart in the English language. Words that stem from a culture and cannot be understood without first understanding the culture. These words are like music to the ears and they always stand, sentinel against the complete transformation of a work of art.
Take Ikenga in Things Fall Apart for example.
The ‘Untranslatable’ In African Fiction Read Post »
In African literature, speculative fiction has a name sweet to the tongue—Africanfuturism. Africanfuturism is a subgenre of the broader speculative fiction
An Introduction To African Speculative Fiction AKA Africanfuturism Read Post »
There are so many genres to explore and with the African clime chock full of folktales, superstitions and traditional beliefs, you cannot begin to imagine the epics that would come out of bending our rich reality into these genres.
Horror In African Fiction And Why We Need Genre Fiction Read Post »
Protest: a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
Protest Literature and Why African Literature Protests Read Post »
I am only appreciating our growth and ability to write about Africa without needing to reference anyone else—no pre-colonial, no colonial, and certainly no post-colonial. Just Africa.
Modern African Literature and The European Influence Read Post »
