All Posts by FERGUS MCLANAGHAN

Mema begins with the narrator remembering: “My mother was a strong woman. I remember her. I remember everything. I remember …

Bessie Head is a well-known author in Botswana. She was born in South Africa, but moved to Botswana with her …

A Cowrie of Hope is about a mother and her daughter in rural Zambia. At one point a character asks …

Ngugi wa Thiong’o is an author writing in Kenya. He used to write in English, but now writes only in …

“It would be fairer to say I have travelled widely, without ever leaving my own native soil, I’ve travelled, one …

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza is a talented historian. He spent his childhood in Zimbabwe and Malawi, and gained his first degree …

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer. She was born in the city of Enugu and studied at the University …

Mia Couto is an author in Mozambique. He has lived there his whole life and lived through the FREMILO war …

FROM A CROOKED RIB BY NURUDDIN FARAH

The title of From a Crooked Rib comes from a traditional Somalian proverb. …