Author: Samira Sawlani
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African fiction in 2023
2022 saw writers from Africa and the Diaspora bring us some literary gems (see our list of Best Books of 2022). 2023 promises to be no ... -
The best African books of 2022
From the thought provoking and evocative to the laughter inducing, here are our best African books of 2022 (in no particular order). Things They Lost – ... -
The best African books of 2021
African writers have outdone themselves again, bringing us literary gems across genres. Here are our 20 top books of the year, in no particular order. The ... -
The top 20 African books of 2020
Our picks of the best from the year. Whether it’s been with light-hearted love stories, heart-wrenching histories, or gritty thrillers, African writers have provided us with ... -
Best of the 2010s: Novels by African writers
The last ten years have seen writers from Africa take the literary world by storm with countless ground-breaking works that have made their way onto our ... -
Charlie Chaplin and the reclaiming of Sudan
Khartoum’s locally-organised open air film screenings epitomise much about Sudan’s ongoing revolution. This article was made possible by the generous “supporter” subscribers of the Africa Insiders ... -
The best books by African writers in 2019 so far…
From evocative prose to moving memoirs and hilarious satire, we bring you some of Africa’s best reads from the first half of 2019: Manchester Happened – ... -
Tanzania: The strange and worrying rise of oil-covered rapists in Kigoma
Scores of women in western Tanzania have been attacked and raped in so-called Teleza attacks. The authorities are doing little to stop them. One night earlier ... -
Africa’s must-read books of 2018
This year was full of spectacular fiction, spine-tingling poetry and hard-hitting non-fiction from Africa. Here is some of the best. Fiction Freshwater – by Akwaeke Emezi There ...
