Idowu Omoyele

David Lacey, who died earlier this month at age 83, leaves an imposing legacy: his writing is the standard by which every football journalist will forever be judged

Not many knew of the unheralded Zanzibari author who has steadily produced 10 novels

Biodun Olumuyiwa has been writing since the late 1980s, but has only recently published his debut poetry collection

One of Nigeria’s greatest poets has died. ‘I sing for you brother, teacher, poet, prophet’

The first bid to place Africa at the heart of literary studies took place in Kenya

The classic novel by Chinua Achebe, and how it came to be, are legendary African tales

Harry Garuba wrote his first collection of poems in 1982. It’s taken him 35 years to do a second

It’s not surprising that the country has still not rid itself of its violent and racial bigotry

Ayòbámi Adébáyò summons Yoruba folklore and a longstanding literary tradition in her debut novel

With her intricate writing of physical suffering and supernatural torment, Toni Morrison vividly paints the pain of slavery

Mamdani looks at the history and ideologies that have shaped African universities and points to Afrikaans as an example of successful decolonisation

That a country so blessed with abundance can so cruelly betray its poor and vulnerable is nothing short of a tragedy

That a country so blessed with abundance can so cruelly betray its poor and vulnerable is nothing short of a tragedy.

Transformation is the inclusion of African and other knowledge with Western thought

‘If This Is a Man’ explores humanity’s inhumanity and the ability to endure unimaginable horrors.

Derek Walcott’s muse inspired his evocative poetry, which also explored Caribbean identity

Derek Walcott’s muse inspired his evocative poetry, which also explored Caribbean identity

Nigerian writers’ colonial and contemporary stories have created much-needed literary legacies