Ama Ata Aidoo: the pioneering writer from Ghana left behind a string of feminist classics
Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31…
My teenage cousin pushed me to go to university
The tutor on my exercise science course pointed me towards literature, and…
Liberia’s war and peace: Lessons from 30 years’ reporting
In our series of letters from African writers, retiring journalist Jonathan Paye-Layleh…
One woman’s forgotten story reveals a dirty truth about Africa’s written histories
Regina Twala was an influential writer and political activist of the 50s…
A jail term felt like the end of my life – but it was also the start of a better one
Locked up at 21, I discovered I was creative and could express…
Realising my dream to become a novelist at the age of 19
I wrote the first draft in a ghetto in Lagos, working on…
