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 “Americanah” and Gyasi’s “Homegoing” 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.
