The author discusses the trilogy of novels that propelled her onto the Booker shortlist, and their relevance to present-day Zimbabwe
The documentary film, The American Crusade in Africa, on Kony 2012 is a lesson in how not to fight simplification with more simplification.
Books like Adichie’s “America​nah” and Gyasi’s “Home​going” have confounded neat divisions between Western and African literary traditions.
Kwanele Sosibo explores Teju Cole’s genre-defying essay writing style
The Lists this week are compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and contributor Sihle Mthembu
Recently ‘Discovered’ in the West, Teju Cole was already known elsewhere.