AN INSIDERS VIEW INTO THE VIBRANT WORLD OF AFRICAN LITERARY FICTION
ANGE KASONGO – Les femmes de Pakudjuma –Fifteen years after leaving Kinshasa, Ophélie returns to Pakadjuma, the slum where she was born. This return turns out as more than just a visit.
DIEKARA OLORUNTOBA-OJUOJU – Castro’s Ghost – A young woman kills her husband and gets away with it but three years after, his ghost returns
CHARL-PIERRE NAUDÉ – The Equality of Shadows –won in the Best Fiction Novel category at the #HSSAwards2025. This work is a complex novel with a multi linear plot which deals with theme of paralel lives. A page turner.
FUTHI NTSHINGILA – They got to you too & Shameless – those books takes the readers back to look at our wounds of the past some of which people haven’t healed from.
OLUBUNMI FAMILONI – The Road does not End –won the 2024 edition of The Nigeria Prize for YA Literature competition. “We are natural storytellers; we love to tell stories, we love to talk, and we talk big” – Olubunmi Familoni
DAVID AGYEI-YEBOAH – Our Spirits Yearn for Home – The story fully fleshes out life and its vicissitudes in post-colonial Ghana – exploring mental health, gender, identity, fatphobia and adventure
NATHANIEL BIVAN – Boys, Girls and Beasts – Spellbound from the first page to the lats. The story blends several subgenres of speculative fiction in one narrative fabric.
NIQ MHLONGO – The City is Mine – With his signature wit and razor-sharp social commentary, Mhlongo paints a vivid portrait of life in the city of Johannesburg capturing both its beauty and its challenges with unparalleled insight.
