Because Ordinary Stories Matter Too
War stories hit hard and are a sumptous meal for many readers, especially critics of African fiction and those who […]
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Crash Course On Negritude: Movement, Ideology and Its Immortality
When you research topics under African fiction, you’re bound to come across the term ‘Negritude’. After a few brushes with
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The ‘Untranslatable’ In African Fiction
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.
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Masquerades And The Thing With Individual Perception
Last year I spent Christmas in the village. The highlight of the festivities for me, followed closely by my skilled
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Modern African Literature and The European Influence
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.
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