Authors who narrate in the first person are not necessarily talking from their own perspective. How and from which perspective do our favourite authors tell their stories? The best way to find out is to invite them to talk to us in person

EURO 2024 is likely to show once again that the professions of referee and literary critic have more in common than some might think

Shedding light on some strange manifestations of shame in Rwandan society

A Socio-critical overview of trajectories of the ‘South African novel’, 2020 – 2023

From Haiti to the U.S.: In Search of a New Language for Migration and the Encounter with our Demons and Dreams

Since the fall of the autocratic president and book lover Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the book industry and literary production in the south-east African country has virtually come to a standstill

In April 1994, the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda began. Looking at intergenerational Rwandan literature, one finds that not only the older generation of writers continues to grapple with this trauma

An Exploration of Ghanaian Masculinities from Colonial to Present Times

Recent Sudanese novels highlight the lives of those caught up in Sudan’s internal wars. Literature reflects the resilience of the Sudanese people and provides a background to the horrific fighting and consequences unfolding

The Arabic language and creative writing as a means of linguistic emancipation and social liberation