Nigeria's poet and playwright, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, died on October 13 aged 86.
The writer Dambudzo Marechera, who died on 18 August 1987, remains a popular figure in Zimbabwe. Hundreds of handwritten letters found in an archive have revealed...
Her new book "This Mournable Body" was announced as a Booker Prize contender just days before her arrest for protesting against a government clampdown.
Written from prison, the new book of poems by the writer, academic and activist shows her fire but also her deep love for Uganda.
African academics draw up a reading list that speaks to the vibrancy of contemporary as well as older African literature.
