African writer Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/african-writer/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:30:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 African writer Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/african-writer/ 32 32 67616479 A review of Ikenna Okeh’s ‘Deportee’ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/a-review-of-ikenna-okehs-deportee/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/a-review-of-ikenna-okehs-deportee/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:29:25 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72230 The Glory Land Book Club reviewed Ikenna Okeh's Deportee at its August book review.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/a-review-of-ikenna-okehs-deportee/feed/ 0 72230 More Dambudzo Marechera letters – To Karen, Flora, Amelia and Samantha (Part 1) https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/marechera-letters-to-karen-flora-amelia-samantha/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/marechera-letters-to-karen-flora-amelia-samantha/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:34:15 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72179 What's race got to do with it? Dambudzo Marechera channelled his Oxford swag, Rastaman aura and leftist virtue signalling to chat up White writer-types. His stated preference for White girlfriends has been brought up by critics who accuse him of misogyny towards Black women and disconnect from the African image.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/marechera-letters-to-karen-flora-amelia-samantha/feed/ 0 72179 Hadraawi: the most famed poet in Somalia, the land of the poets https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/hadraawi-the-most-famed-poet-in-somalia-the-land-of-the-poets/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/hadraawi-the-most-famed-poet-in-somalia-the-land-of-the-poets/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:00:39 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71623 Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/hadraawi-the-most-famed-poet-in-somalia-the-land-of-the-poets/feed/ 0 71623 NoViolet Bulawayo’s new novel is an instant Zimbabwean classic https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/noviolet-bulawayos-new-novel-is-an-instant-zimbabwean-classic/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/noviolet-bulawayos-new-novel-is-an-instant-zimbabwean-classic/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:13:35 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71303 Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/noviolet-bulawayos-new-novel-is-an-instant-zimbabwean-classic/feed/ 0 71303 “There are still literary islands in Africa” – Interview with Mozambican writers and curators David Bene and Mélio Tinga https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/there-are-still-literary-islands-in-africa-david-bene-melio-tinga/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/there-are-still-literary-islands-in-africa-david-bene-melio-tinga/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:59:29 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71263 OitentaNoventa is facilitating monthly conversations between writers born in the 1980s and 1990s with writers and industry actors they look up to from older generations. Founders and award-winning writers David Bene and Mélio Tinga share their progress with This Is Africa’s Onai Mushava.

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