Nigeria: Safari Announces Release of Dakuku Peterside’s New Book ‘Leading in a Storm’
[Leadership] Safari Books Limited has announced October 2025 as the release date for “Leading in a Storm”, a thought-provoking and deeply relevant new work by renowned author, public intellectual and turnaround management expert, Dr. Dakuku Peterside.
Africa: African Novels Are Being Translated to English in a Bold New Trend. We Review Ignatius Mabasa’s the Mad
[The Conversation Africa] When it comes to African literature, translation has mostly meant translating work from European languages into African ones. Translation from African languages into English has been long overdue.
Liberia: Korpo’s Swimming Challenge Makes Waves – a New Liberian Children’s Book Launches With Bravery, Courage and Taste of Culture
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — KEEP Liberia is proud to announce the official launch of Korpo’s Swimming Challenge, a vibrant new children’s book written by award-winning author and literacy advocate Brenda Brewer Moore. The book, which has already been…
Nigeria: NDDC Md Launches 2 Books in Abuja
[Daily Trust] The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has launched two books in Abuja to celebrate his 50th birthday.
Nigeria: Twelve Must-Read Books
[This Day] Two widely reported remarks at the weekend by top Nigerian Army Generals, one retired and one still serving, reminded me that there are twelve very important books that our youngstersshould be made to read, in order to make up for the remova…
Ethiopia: New Book By Chief Government Whip Minister Crucial for Ethiopia’s Democracy-Building Efforts
[ENA] Addis Ababa — A new book, “In Search of Ethiopian Democracy”, authored by Tesfaye Beljige (PhD), the Chief Government Whip Minister, is being hailed by experts and government officials as a crucial tool for Ethiopia’s democracy-building efforts.
Nigeria: Between d’Tigers and ‘Tigresses
[Vanguard] In the Book of James, chapter 4 and verse 6, we are told that God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. When a man knows in his heart that a feat wasn’t achieved by the effort put in his plan for a task but goes ahead to claim the…
Nigeria: Oketola’s ‘The Catalyst’ Takes Centre Stage At Book Reading in Yenogoa
[Leadership] The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has held the second edition of its Book Reading Series at the Nigerian Content Tower, Swali, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, featuring veteran journalist and former editor of The punch,…
Angola: From Angola to the World – Nituecheni Africano’s Award-Winning Novel to Be Adapted by Nollywood
[Sankofa Book Awards] Nairobi, August 21, 2025 – A historic milestone for African literature and its meeting point with cinema. The novel O Recluso: O Princípio e o Fim de uma Injustiça (The Inmate: The Beginning and the End of an Injustice)…
Africa: Disorder As Political Instrument – Lessons From Patrick Chabal’s Scholarship for Contemporary America
[African Arguments] I first encountered the work of Patrick Chabal in his book Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument, written with Jean-Pascal Daloz. I bought the book on a scorchingly hot afternoon in central Nairobi at the turn of the millen…