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Black Canon

Mar 28, 2020

Amos Tutuola was born in Nigeria in 1920 and only had a elementary school level education. The Palm Wine Drinkard, his first published novel, has come to be regarded as the masterwork of one of Africa's best and most influential writers. Drawing on the Yoruba oral folktale tradition, and embellishing his tale...


Mar 17, 2020

Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Fez Morocco. He is one's of France most celebrated writers: his most recent book, Racism Explained To My Daughter, was a best seller when it was first published in 1998 .He was also a Prix Goncourt winner in1987 for his novel The Sacred Night, which was the first book by an Arab writer to...


Mar 7, 2020

Bessie Head was born in South Africa July 6, 1937 from a white woman and a black man and lived in foster home until she moved to Botswana in the late 60's and began to write. She is today one the most important writer of her generation and have influenced many.


Mar 2, 2020

Allah Is Not Obliged is Ahmadou Kourouma second novel and won the Prix Renaudot and The Prix Goncourt des Lyceens when it was published in 2000. It's the story of Birima, 12 years old , orphan searching for his aunt across African countries and forced to become a child soldier.