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Opinion - The inception of serious literary writing in Liberia can be traced back to Edward Wilmot Blyden's seminal work, Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race, published in 1887. Before the 1950s, ...

In an attempt to compete with the Soviet Union by bringing future elite political leaders from Africa to study in US ...

American Jews, like their fellow Jews around the world, are very much a “people of the book.” Few people are surprised about ...

Consumers in capitalist countries are against the state dictating what they should read or listen to, which is why the ...

There’s one thing that Walter Hood likes most about his new, open-plan office in Oakland. “There’s always someone hanging ...

This compact overview of the US artist Jack Whitten’s work and ideas is part of In the Studio, a new series that gives ...

David Roediger is a historian of race and class in the United States, and a professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas. He’s the author of ...

In this interview, Junot Díaz reflects on reading, identity, and the authors who helped him navigate the Dominican-American ...

Analysis - Driven by a desire to explore Nigeria's literary and cultural history beyond the metropolis of Lagos, I took a road trip to Ibadan, once the most important university town in the country.

We don’t need to be treated like children,” one tourist fumed about Trump bullying museums to rewrite history and erase ...