‘The village is cursed. Don’t ever come back here.’—Read an excerpt from Véronique Tadjo’s In the Company of Men
The JRB presents an excerpt from In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo, out now in a new edition….
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[The JRB Daily] Finalists announced for the 2020 Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique—celebrating African writing in French, produced by African publishers
The six finalists for the 2020 Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique have been announced. The prize aims to promote…
[City Editor] The Binj outside books—Niq Mhlongo recounts adventures with his friend, Binyavanga Wainaina
Header image: Binyavanga Wainaina (second from left) and Niq Mhlongo (far left), with American author and academic Jeffery Renard Allen, Lesego…
Cameroonian author Djaïli Amadou Amal wins €10,000 Prix Orange du livre en Afrique for her novel Munyal, les larmes de la patience
Munyal, les larmes de la patience by Cameroonian author Djaïli Amadou Amal has won the first Prix Orange du livre…
English translation published of Yolande Mukagasana’s personal testimony of the Rwandan Genocide, Not My Time To Die
Kigali-based Huza Press has just released the English translation of Yolande Mukagasana’s Not My Time To Die, translated by Zoe Norridge….
Véronique Tadjo announced as head judge of the Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique francophone
Ivorian author Véronique Tadjo has been announced as the head judge of the new Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique…
Mais non, Monsieur le Président! Alain Mabanckou and Véronique Tadjo take on Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has made his support of the French language, Francophonie and the French-speaking world (especially the African…