Literary Zone

Q&A with Turkish journalist Arzu Yildiz

Arzu Yildiz is a Turkish journalist who has covered high profile murder cases and the illegal arms trade to Syria. She has worked as an editor and senior (...)

| October 2021 | 2101 views

Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku

Ellen Banda-Aaku is a writer from Zambia who has published seven books for children and two novels.She has also produced a radio drama and film (...)

| September 2021 | 2382 views

Ghanaian writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a Ghanaian-British writer and editor who has won acclaim as a children’s author, poet, broadcaster and novelist. Winner of multiple (...)

| August 2021 | 1422 views

Kenyan writer and translator Wangui wa Goro

Wangui wa Goro Born 1961 (age 59–60), Kenya Education University of Leicester; University of London; Middlesex University. Occupation: Academic, (...)

| August 2021 | 1734 views

Zimbabwean writer Brian Chikwava

Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. His short story "Seventh Street Alchemy" was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African writing in (...)

| July 2021 | 2717 views

Nigerian writer Chika Unigwe

Chika Unigwe was born on 12 June 1974 in Enugu, Nigeria, the sixth of seven children. After completing her secondary school education at Federal Government (...)

| June 2021 | 2890 views

Kenyan writer Mukoma Wa Ngugi

Mukoma Wa Ngugi is Associate Professor of Literatures in English at Cornell University and the author of The Rise of the African Novel: Politics of (...)

| June 2021 | 1421 views

Egyptian writer Salwa Bakr

Salwa Bakr (born 1949) is an Egyptian critic, novelist and author. She was born in the Matariyya district in Cairo in 1949. Her father was a railway (...)

| May 2021 | 3084 views

South African writer Sindiwe Magona

Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of eight children, Magona (...)

| May 2021 | 2013 views

Australian writer Magan Magan

Magan Magan is a writer and poet based in Melbourne. He holds a Creative Writing degree from Victoria University. Magan is the author of From Grains to (...)

| April 2021 | 2850 views