Steeped in history, African literature dates back to ancient times with the writings of Egypt. If in the past it was characterized mainly by its oral character, today it is rich in numerous written works which spread the continent’s literature to the four corners of the globe. the Marrakech African Book Festival (FLAM) comes to … Read more
Actress renowned for her nonconformity, the heroine of one of John Huston’s masterpieces, still the Oscar record holder, had to soften her image to become popular, her feminism being perceived as threatening. When released, in 1952, The African Queen’s Odyssey, an exotic adventure film partly shot in the Congo, where she plays a single missionary … Read more
His third “final” will have been the good one. South African author Damon Galgut won the prestigious Booker Prize on Wednesday evening literary prize British for The Promise. His book is about time spent in a white farming family in the South Africa post-apartheid. “I am deeply, humbly grateful,” said the 57-year-old winner, a third-time … Read more
Awa Cheikh Faye and Valorien Noubissi BBC Africa 36 minutes ago Amadou Hampathé Ba, Sembène Ousmane or Norbert Zongo are some of the names of African authors who come up the most when we ask Africans in the French-speaking world about their favorite works. “I read a long letter from Mariama Bâ and also currently, … Read more
South African author Damon Galgut, during the photocall for shortlisted authors for the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction at the Southbank Centre, London on October 31, 2021. TOLGA AKMEN / AFP South African author Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize, a prestigious British literary prize, on Wednesday 3 November for The Promisea book about the … Read more
Ethiopians #108 Literature, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and art. 1st semester 2022. “The consecration of African Letters. Creating and thinking from Africa” For the first time in literary history, the juries of some of the most prestigious major prizes in the world have consecrated African authors: the Nobel, the Booker Prize and the Goncourt. A “group … Read more
The surge of writers from Africa and the diaspora, already present for at least a decade, has turned into a tsunami this season. Abdulrazak Gurnah (Nobel Prize 2021), Damon Galgut (Booker Prize 2022), David Diop (International Booker Prize 2021), Boubacar Boris Diop (Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2021), Djaïli Amadou Amal (Goncourt des lycéens 2020), … Read more
(London) South African author Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize, a prestigious British literary prize, on Wednesday evening for The Promisea book about time spent in a white farming family in post-apartheid South Africa. Updated Nov 3, 2021 Sylvain PEUCHMAURD France Media Agency “I am deeply, humbly grateful,” said the 57-year-old, a third-time Booker Prize … Read more
NEW YORK: A pioneer in sustainable construction at the service of populations, such as the school in his native village in Burkina Faso, architect Francis Kéré received the Pritzker Prize on Tuesday, becoming the first African to receive the profession’s highest honor. “I am totally convinced that everyone deserves quality, whether you are rich or … Read more
Arabic-speaking, English-speaking or French-speaking, African literature is a compendium of the world. This sentence sums up the abundance and richness of this literature which won all the prestigious prizes in 2021. Polar, thriller or novel, each genre has its place and the native land is often a source of inspiration, the African diaspora counting several … Read more