Born Freeloaders by Phumlani Pikoli
Born on the cusp of democracy, the crew of young friends in Born Freeloaders navigates a life of drinking, wild parties and other recklessness. The siblings at the centre of…
Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Set in the author’s girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove who grew up following the Great Depression. Pecola prays for her eyes…
First art prize dedicated to female African artists launches
The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize—the first ever dedicated award for female African artists living and working in Africa—has launched today in Accra, Ghana. Organised by the Accra-based Gallery 1957, it…
Yaa Gyasi Makes the 2021 Women’s Prize Longlist
Ghanaian-American writer, Yaa Gyasi, is the only African-born author named in the Women’s Prize 2021 longlist for her sophomore novel ‘Transcendent Kingdom’. The Women’s Prize recently announced its much awaited…
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel Moniz
Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by…
Surviving The White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll
A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black…
