Interview with Wame M Molefhe Wame Molefhe is a Motswana writer who lives in Gaborone, Botswana. We are honoured to have her kick start our Inside the mind of the Author series.

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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by British-Nigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah Something that needs to be highlighted about this transoceanic, dysphoric, Afrofuturist and Afropolitan author (because we love labeling people for it gives us a lot of information about the person in question. Joke) is her skillful way of creating […]

Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Book review by Mayfred Appiah This book was an amazing read. I greatly enjoyed reading it. The second part was grippingly painful to read, which is not because it lacked in any way, rather because it was painful to read about the war knowing it […]

The Mourning Bird by Zambian Mubanga Kalimamukwento At first glance, it may appear to be the story of Chimuka, an 11-year-old girl, and her brother who are orphaned. But in reality, it is a novel that reflects the harsh 1990s in Zambia, and this is when Chimuka's story starts making sense. It is a portrait […]

Mad Ice is a Ugandan singer and songwriter of Raggamuffin and at a later stage with Afro-pop and Afro-soul music who currently resides in Finland, he developed a distinct world music career still singing mostly in Swahili and Luganda with some additional lyrics in English. 

Interview with Ayesha Harruna Attah Ayesha Harruna Attah is a Ghanaian writer based in Senegal. Her work lives in the spaces that history has chosen to keep hidden. She is the author of five novels: Harmattan Rain (Per Ankh Publishers), nominated for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; Saturday's Shadows (World Editions), shortlisted for the Kwani? […]

Hi, My name is Macoumba Ndiaye, from Senegal living In Finland for 11 years, I’m a painter, musician, songwriter, and art manager. I could share my career in two parts between Senegal and Finland. My experience with visual art is about 25years and my favourite style is painting abstract and sculpture on canvas. The theme […]

Interview with Wanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ Wanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ is the author of the novel The Fall of Saints and former director of the Helsinki African Film Festival. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Nairobi Noir, Houston Noir, and St. Petersburg Review, among others. Also a political analyst, she is a member of the […]

For Bread Alone by Moroccan Mohamed Choukri The first work of his autobiographical trilogy was censored as scandalous for more than two decades in Arab countries.  This is the story of the author’s family, who driven by famine, walk from the Rif to Tangiers in search of a better life. A bildungsroman or coming-of-age autobiography […]