• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • How India can escape the death valley of education
    • Indian history for children: From 1200 to 1850, a brief history of the North Eastern states
    • ‘Special Ops 2.0’ review: Kay Kay Menon-led suspense thriller often resists momentum
    • Is population decline good for nature? Japan shows that may not be the case
    • ‘Saiyaara’ review: A romance as soaring as it is downbeat
    • Why Zohran Mamdani’s surname tells the story of migration, resilience and community
    • US tariffs will crush lives and livelihoods in Bangladesh, Cambodia garment industries
    • A new book on India vs Australia cricket addresses racism and violent fan reactions
    • How ‘glof’ became a common word in Sikkim – and why it haunts people two years later
    • A new book examines whether Hindu nationalists supported the Zionist project to occupy Palestine
    • Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future
    • The simple but brilliant biomechanics that give cycling the edge over walking
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

African literature

  • 45 years after its ban in Kenya, the play that shaped Ngũgĩ’s writing and activism comes home

    45 years after its ban in Kenya, the play that shaped Ngũgĩ’s writing and activism comes home

    Peter Kimani, The Conversation
    · Jun 22, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Mohamed Mbougar Sarr winning the oldest French literary prize is a landmark for African literature

    Mohamed Mbougar Sarr winning the oldest French literary prize is a landmark for African literature

    Caroline D Laurent, The Conversation
    · Nov 12, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • 'In African crime fiction the heroes and villains often exchange roles or are complicit in some way’

    'In African crime fiction the heroes and villains often exchange roles or are complicit in some way’

    Aretha Phiri, The Conversation Sam Naidu, The Conversation
    · Jun 26, 2020 · 07:34 pm
  • For a look at transgender spirituality through an African lens, read Akwaeke Emezi’s ‘Freshwater’

    For a look at transgender spirituality through an African lens, read Akwaeke Emezi’s ‘Freshwater’

    Aretha Phiri, The Conversation Rocío Cobo-Piñero, The Conversation
    · Jun 24, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘I conceived the book as a cosmological novel’: Chigozie Obioma on ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’

    ‘I conceived the book as a cosmological novel’: Chigozie Obioma on ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’

    Shireen Quadri
    · Dec 28, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • Writer’s choice: Ngugi wa Thiong’o recommends seven novels from Africa that you must read

    Writer’s choice: Ngugi wa Thiong’o recommends seven novels from Africa that you must read

    Devapriya Roy
    · Jul 01, 2018 · 05:30 pm