Zimbabwe: The Reflection of Women Sympathy in Zimbabwean Novel ‘Nervous Conditions’ (Part One)
[Ethiopian Herald] Nervous Condition is a novel written by Zimbabwean writer Tsitsi Dangarembga in 1988, and it is situated in imagined Rhodesia. Nervous Conditions derives its title from Jean-Paul Sartre’s renowned introduction to Frantz Fanon’s The W…
Zimbabwe: Print Textbooks in Vernacular – Parly
[The Herald] Textbooks used in schools and colleges need to be translated into vernacular as part of measures to preserve cultural identity, Parliamentarians said this week.
Africa: Pandemic Effects Linger, and Art Invites Us to Pause and Behold Distance, Time and Trauma
[The Conversation Africa] When I finished the manuscript for my book The Pause, which looked at the COVID-19 pandemic through the idea of “pausing,” a notion frequently invoked in pandemic discussions of suspended and cancelled activities, I was happy …
Africa: The Long Shadow of German Colonialism
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debat…
Mauritius: Minister Ganoo Launches Road Safety Books and Digital Materials for Primary School Students
[Government of Mauritius] The Minister of Land Transport and Light Rail, Mr Alan Ganoo, launched, this morning at the New Bambous Geoffroy Government School in Bambous, the Road Safety books and digital materials for primary school students.
Africa: Africa’s Best Selling Books of All Time
[Independent (Kampala)] Over the past century, African writers have written about their lives, experiences, culture, history, and myths in a variety of forms, styles, and languages. They have been widely published across Africa, Europe, the Americas, a…
South Africa: Peter Randall – – the Pioneering, Down-to-Earth Activist Behind Ravan Press
[Daily Maverick] Peter Randall was an innovative publisher who promoted revolutionary authors and academics.
Nigeria: Book On 2004/2005 Banking Consolidation to Be Unveiled in Lagos
[Premium Times] The Power of One Man: How the Soludo-Engineered Consolidation Transformed Nigerian Banks to Global Players will be reviewed by Azu Ishiekwene.
Angola: Over 170 Books Raised for Camulemba Community in Huila Province
[ANGOP] Lubango — At least 172 books were collected in the pilot phase of the “Doe Livro Transforme Mentes” (Donate Book Transform Minds) project, to create a reading space called “Camulemba Library”, in the municipality of Quilengues, in the province…
South Africa: Ordinary White South Africans and Apartheid – Bound to a Racist System They Helped Prop Up
[The Conversation Africa] In South Africa, apartheid was a divisive political system entrenched by a white minority who regarded other ethnic groups as inferior, creating townships on the outskirts of cities to house the black population and legislatio…