The Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah explains his new novel, Theft, the themes of exile and powerlessness that run through ...

Attendees are invited to read excerpts from stories, poetry, and speeches of influential African Americans in celebration of the writers.

This March marks the one-hundredth anniversary of Flannery O’Connor’s birth, and between Savannah and Milledgeville, ...

The African Union (AU) has adopted its theme for 2025 as “Justice for Africans and People ... Some African writers and storytellers have worked to create literature representative of their people's ...

Generally described as taking place from the 14th to the 17th century, the Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature and art ... deserved appreciation for African art ...

Black History Month takes center stage in many communities, including the Ashland area: a fundraising dinner for the C.B.

He chose February because the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were celebrated this month. Lincoln’s birthday was Feb. 12, and Douglass, born a slave, didn’t ...

Experts at the International Monetary Fund have argued that we are entering the “African century ... the Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Africans are shaping the French ...

He taught himself enough to start high school at the age of 20 and quickly went on to earn a bachelor's degree in literature ... theme? The theme of this year's Black History Month is "African ...

February is Black History Month, and South Florida is honoring the occasion with a variety of activities that salute the ...

OPINIONBy Alexey DrobininI prefer to die with my head unbowed, my faith unshakeable and with profound trust in the destiny of my country, rather than live under subjection and disregarding sacred ...

TRINIDADIAN journalist and author, Ryan Bachoo, has written a West Indian fiction novel called An Unending Search. The book is set in South Trinidad in the late 1970s, fresh from the Black Power ...