Creator
Ahmet Sait Akcay
‘Cape Fever’: When fiction fills the gaps of history
Through Soraya’s journey, Cape Fever explores identity, resilience and the hidden histories of Cape Malays in post-war South Africa
Recovering the past, facing the future
In 2119, McEwan imagines a world shaped by climate disaster, war and lost knowledge, where the search for a poem becomes an urgent philosophical quest
Silence of the enslaved
Ashraf Kagee’s Song of the Slave Girl reimagines Cape slavery through emotion, love and loss, giving voice to histories erased from official memory
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft: A story of servitude, survival and the search for home
Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah returns with Theft, a moving portrait of loss, longing, and the elusive idea of home.
Taking back Africa’s wealth
Can the continent shift from resource dependency to industrial power? A new book explores a bold roadmap for reclaiming economic sovereignty
Francis Nyamnjoh’s novel a new grace for the old order
Echoes of Grace is a coming-of-age tale where faith, ancestry, and mentorship shape a young girl’s path to purpose
Holding the powerful to account: War crimes and the new global reckoning
From Nuremberg to The Hague and Rwanda to Gaza, author traces the relentless pursuit of justice for humanity’s darkest crimes
Making Knowledge African: Suren Pillay and the struggle to decolonise the university
A timely call to rethink how African history and knowledge can reclaim space in global narratives
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as town crier of Africa
The Kenyan writer challenged Western influence on African culture and history, highlighting heritage and resilience
Writing against the grain: Adekeye Adebajo’s Africa
Informed, provocative, and hopeful — Adebajo’s work resists reduction, embracing Africa’s plurality and persistent spirit
The contrapuntal voice of Africa, Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, has died
The Congolese philosopher, poet, novelist and bold advocate of African knowledge has died in the US where he lived and taught at Sandford and Duke universities since 1979