The world’s largest women’s sporting event is being hosted in Africa for the first time.
The Camões Prize is the most important award for Portuguese literature, and Paulina Chiziane is the first African woman to receive it.
Novelist Petina Gappah’s call for translators on Facebook has resulted in the publication of Chimurenga Chemhuka.
Outspoken, astute and sometimes controversial, he transcended the role of talk radio host to become a public intellectual.
A commanding presence on the global literary stage, Ama Ata Aidoo was a powerful feminist voice with a prolific output.
