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 ...

The debates at Makerere included, among other things, the question of what constituted African literature, and whether literature in non-African languages (including English) could ever be truly ...

The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) was held January 24–27 in University City, Sharjah, U.A.E., during the only time of year when cool temperatures allow for an outdoor ...

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 ...

The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature, being held from January 24 to 27 at University City of Sharjah district and organised by the Sharjah Book Authority, will host two Nobel ...

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 ...