“In the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon’s shadow looms larger than ever. He was the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era,…
BOOK DESCRIPTIONWhat are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy? Under what conditions…
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“Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his childhood in Mali. In his dreams, he receives visits from his blue-eyed…
“As his parents struggle to put food on the table, Azaro, a little boy living in the ghetto of an African city during British colonial rule…
Among our greatest leaders are those driven by impulses they cannot completely control - by lust. Lust is not, however, an abstraction, it…
“Southeastern Nigeria. Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts,…
A collection of poignant writings from inmates of Luzira prison in Uganda. This book was born from a creative writing project run by Uganda…
“In Tales of the Metric System, Coovadia explores a turbulent South Africa from 1970 into the present. He takes his home country’s…
“For 100 days, Juliane Okot Bitek recorded the lingering nightmare of the Rwandan genocide in a poem–each poem recalling the senseless loss…