A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Eleven-year-old Ghanaian spelling whizz ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to be bound by ...

There was no African literature as we know it today ... When people hear the word Africa, they have come to expect certain images to follow. If you see a good house in Lagos, Nigeria, it doesn ...

There is also space for literature to expand its ... s ‘Meditations on Greatness’ talk. While ‘images of success in the West do not reflect African writers,’ he also said that greatness ...

Tributes to Acclaimed African Literature Giant Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o, Who Has Died at 87 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively ...

For the fourth year in a row, Paris is hosting Europe's largest event dedicated to African and Afro-descendant literature. France 24's Clémence Waller tells us more. The Landscaping Trend We Hope ...

A scholar and researcher in African literature, Chinelo Eneh has stated that literature has the potential to preserve African culture while also addressing mental health. Examining the ...

Image source, Getty Images Image caption ... Ngũgĩ became known as one of the foremost advocates of literature written in African languages. Throughout his career - and to this day - African ...