The Madam C.J. Walker book set to inspire the next generation of kids
Madam C.J. Walker Builds a Business is a beautiful new hardback that’s perfect for little hands and is…
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Lola Shoneyin | founder of the biggest book festival in Africa: Ake Festival
Lola Shoneyin is a cultural force to be reckoned with. The award-winning author of The Secret Wives of…
Queen of the big reveal, Dorothy Koomson, returns with her latest thriller
Award-winning, global bestselling author Dorothy Koomson is one seriously underrated novelist. Her books have been translated into more…
Celebrating the life and works of James Baldwin: Living in Fire book review
Celebrated author, political activist and icon of the current Black Lives Matter movement, James Baldwin is an enigma.…
What we loved about Wayétu Moore’s She Would Be King: Book review
She Would Be king is the sensational debut novel from Wayétu Moore, her depiction of a fictional supernatural retelling…
Calling all unpublished BAME writers: win the Mo Siewcharran Prize
Do you love writing? Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your talent as an author? If…
I am a Black man and I was sexually abused: ‘Running away from me’
In the wake of the string of sexual abuse allegations and paedophilia in the media recently, author and…
The male version of Slay In Your Lane? Lit review: Derek Owusu’s SAFE
“I wanted to reclaim an area that we [Black men] could talk about ourselves and make us three-dimensional…
Michelle Obama memoir, Becoming, is top of the Christmas book chart
Michelle Obama’s memoir has topped the Christmas book chart for 2018. The former US first lady fended off…
Filming for Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses begins in South Africa
The much-anticipated adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s award-winning young adult book series Noughts + Crosses has begun filming in…
Revisiting an old classic: Reviewing Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
Do you sometimes sit back and think about a wonderful book that you loved and which had a…
Why this graphic novel gave us the feels: German Calendar No December
African writing publisher, Cassava Republic Press, has produced their first graphic novel, German Calendar No December. Featuring charming…
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire: Reviewing Akala’s bestseller
“The book that got me back into non-fiction again”, our Literary Editor, Vanessa Thomas said she read Akala’s…
Why you should read this ‘raw and honest’ poetry: Every Watering Word
Published last year, Every Watering Word is an extraordinary collection of profound poetry exploring motherhood, femininity, blackness, Christianity,…
Why Slay In Your Lane is the ‘Black Girl Bible’ we’ve all been waiting for
Even before the release of Slay In Your Lane on 5 July 2018, ripples of excitement could already be felt, not just…