Bookshelf

Bookshelf

25 new books by African writers you should read

There has never been a better time than now to be a reader of African literature, especially in the United States (historically, an underdeveloped nat

Poet of the week: Abira Zakariah

The misfortunes began right from the moment my birth was announced! “A girl has been born!” A girl? I could imagine the look on their face

My school, White Dove Academy

I was so excited to hear the news that I had passed my common entrance examination. My father got me admitted into White Dove Academy in Suleja Niger

Ankara Press is going against romance stereotypes –Shercliff

Emma Shercliff is a director of Cassava Republic Press (UK) and the Publishing Director of Ankara Press. She is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Ed

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…His Excellency, Joachim Gauck, President of the Federal Republic of Germany Untergetaucht (Submerged) by Marie Jalowicz Simon

It is a book about a German Jew, Marie Jalowicz Simon who survived the holocaust hiding in Berlin. It chronicles her harrowing experience hiding from