She is convinced that the circumstances of many African countries, the “underdevelopment” to which they have been subjected for decades, have generated a unique creativity and responsiveness among their peoples. She hoped that young people would not be disappointed and Continue reading →

On May 15, 2023, at a quarter to eight in the morning, Nigerian time, Hilda Effiong Bassey, known as Hilda Baci, broke the Guinness World Record for marathon cooking – 93 hours and 11 minutes; six months later an Irish Continue reading →

She lived until the age of 13 in her native Cameroon, then emigrated with her family to Zurich, Switzerland, where she studied economics.

In 1995 she went to Dakar (Senegal) to interview the director Ousmane Sembène and discovered that she Continue reading →

Elizabeth Zandile Tshele was born in Tsholotsho Department, Zimbabwe, on 12 October 1981. Known in the literary world as NoViolet Bulawayo  – the name recalls her mother, who died when she was just 18 months old, and the town where Continue reading →