West Africa: Liberia Reads! Association of Literacy Education! Champions Homegrown Literacy Solutions At Pan-African Conference
[FrontPageAfrica] Liberia Reads! Association of Literacy Educators (LR!ALE) proudly represented Liberia at the 14th Pan African Literacy for All (PALFA) Conference, held at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, from October 13-17, 2025. The five-day event …
Nigeria: Merry Readers Club Partners Tenece Holdings to Boost Literacy, Digital Learning in Enugu Schools
[Leadership] The Merry Readers Club, an initiative dedicated to strengthening literacy and fostering community learning and a love for reading among students, has entered into a strategic partnership with Tenece Holdings, a leading technology solutions…
South Africa: South African Writer Zoë Wicomb Embraced Humanity in All Its Complexity
[The Conversation Africa] Zoë Wicomb’s first book, You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town (1987), is a tour through episodes in the life of a writer-character, Frieda Shenton. She’s not unlike but crucially not exactly like Wicomb (child of South Africa’…
South Africa: Fading Footprints – – Ancient South African Culture Found Hiding in Plain Sight
[Daily Maverick] There are few books that quietly rearrange the way one sees a landscape. Fading Footprints is one of them.
Nigeria: I’ve Been Banned From US – Soyinka
[Vanguard] Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has disclosed that his United States of America visa has been revoked, meaning he cannot enter the country.
Nigeria: From the Barracks to the Boardroom – A Life Spent Decoding Risk
[This Day] You Never Know Me: A Mighty Journey of Faith and Compliance, by Abimbola Adeseyoju, DataPro Limited,209pp + xvi
Zimbabwe: New Book Amplifies Zim’s Voice in Global Anti-Sanctions Debate
[The Herald] The newly launched anti-sanctions book by local academics is being hailed as a landmark publication that reaffirms Africa’s freedom, dignity and sovereignty while promoting home-grown solutions to accelerate economic growth and safeguard t…
Namibia: Publish All Notes, Really?
[Namibian] Imagine a policy so ridiculous it says, “publish them all”.
South Africa: Madness and Civilisation – Memorialising the Lives of Institutionalised Individuals Through Poetry
[Daily Maverick] The 150th anniversary of Fort England Psychiatric Hospital makes it South Africa’s oldest psychiatric facility. Rory du Plessis’s poetry collection, Automaton(tik), memorialises the lives of 25 individuals who were institutionalised th…
Nigeria: Nigerian Army Announces Donation of 3,000 Exercise Books to Displaced Pupils in Benue
[Premium Times] The Nigerian Army donated the books as part of activities marking Nigeria’s Independence Day.