This literature goes beyond Western science fiction, creating a unique identity rooted in the continent’s rich cultural heritage
So many strong black women are marginalised and forgotten — and their roles seen as expected and natural
The M&G has a responsibility to deplatform dehumanising views, to advocate for free speech but not allow hate speech
Two M&G articles defending trans-exclusionary views draw on the insidious anti-trans rhetoric flourishing in the UK, but ignore our country’s constitutional protections
‘Trans-exclusionary’ views are not unlawful. So what gives self-appointed enforcers the right to police what can and cannot be said about transgender people?
The bitterly polarised controversy over the status of transgender people has spawned attacks on freedom of thought and speech at British and South African universities
The online publication’s annual list celebrates not only the sheer abundance of African literature but its daring, new directions
In conversation: Melinda French Gates, philanthropist, businesswoman and global advocate for women and girls and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, prize-winning author and named one of the world’s 50 Greatest leaders by Fortune magazine
The tendency of Western commentators to dress up African tragedies in the patronizing logic of relativism
The 2020 winner of the PEN Pinter Prize, LKJ’s poetry puts the ignominy and hardship of the black experience in Britain front and centre in words that echo across the decades
The past explains the present but not the future because ‘that tiny chaos’ makes the future opaque
"We are a much younger country than India, so it may seem unfair to compare, but we are not too young to make an effort to learn and catch up."
Low pay and precarious work conditions for most African journalists lead many to seek work with Western news outlets
The artist is a national treasure who wants others to do what she has done for Ndebele art
<i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> was
published 50 years ago this month. <b>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</b> celebrates the novel’s enduring achievement.