Articles
‘We’re Going to Stand Up’: Queer Literature is Booming in Africa
Published: February 22, 2024
Even in countries where homophobia is pervasive and same-sex relationships are illegal, authors are pushing boundaries, finding an audience and winning awards
Queer Lit. New York Times
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Talking Black in America — Roots
Published: October 11, 2022
Roots is the third program in a series of television documentaries exploring dimensions of African American language and culture and their formative influence on the United States and beyond.
Slavery Black
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Tour Burna Boy’s Stunning Home in Lagos, Nigeria
Published: February 11, 2022
It’s where the Grammy-winning artist lives, works, and entertains
Burna Boy
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Unicorns In Plain Sight
Published: November 30, 2021
In this conversation the art of memoir writing, placing the reader at the centre of one’s work, learning to live with one’s life, the power of reflection, and leaving nuanced, …
Literatea Nonfiction
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"This is your home — come here and make it yours"
Published: January 17, 2020
Ghana encourages African Americans to visit as part of the "Year of Return" campaign
Year Of Return Cbsn
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Retracing Ghana’s Old Slave Trail
Published: September 27, 2019
The story of slavery does not begin with the Middle Passage
Stories
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‘I Want LGBT Africans to Be at Home Everywhere’: A Q&A With Chike Frankie Edozien
Published: July 28, 2019
The author of the memoir Lives of Great Men discusses the skewed coverage of gay life in Africa
Gay Africans Pride
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In Nigeria, Plans for the World’s Largest Refinery
Published: October 18, 2018
On any given weekday, commuters in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, are snarled in traffic for hours. Container trucks and tankers take up several lanes of traffic on the major thoroughfares …
New York Times
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Africa’s quiet LGBT revolution
Published: June 13, 2018
Sometimes, it’s enough just to be seen, and other times it’s just a start
Quartz Gay Africans Pride
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