Nigeria: Kano Censorship Board Confiscates Over 1,000 Copies of Queen Primer, Other ‘Immoral’ Books
[Premium Times] “Praise be to God, everyone in Kano knew that we all woke up to a menace about a book, which is being used to teach our children in primary schools titled ‘Queen Primer’.
Africa: 20 Years After the Publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a Generation of African Writers Have Followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Footsteps
[The Conversation Africa] Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the North American publishing scene with her debut novel,” Purple Hibiscus.”
Nigeria: Kano Censorship Board Bans Primary School Reading Book Over ‘Vulgar Language’
[Leadership] The Kano State Films and Censorship Board has confiscated hundreds of a primary school reading book titled, ‘Queen Primer Part II’, and also banned the use of the book in primary schools in the State.
Africa: African Thinkers Analyse Some of the Big Issues of Our Time – Race, Belonging and Identity
[The Conversation Africa] The subjects of race, identity and belonging are often fraught with contention and uneasiness. Who are you? Who belongs? Who is native, or indigenous to a place? These perennial questions arise around the world.
Nigeria: Akada Children’s Book Festival Celebrates African Stories and Authors
[This Day] Nigeria’s favourite literary event for young readers, the Akada Children’s Book Festival (ACBF), took place on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at Starfield Montessori School in Lekki, Lagos. The festival, which is the first and largest Nigeria…
Rwanda: National Literacy Month Closure Marks Renewed Commitment to Enhance Reading Culture
[New Times] Officials have stated that the conclusion of National Literacy Month 2023 is just the beginning of a renewed commitment to enhancing the reading culture. They urge collaborative actions to tackle the remaining obstacles that impede literacy…
Nigeria: Nigerian Literary Giant Wole Soyinka Releases New Novel in France
[RFI] Nigerian author Wole Soyinka’s third novel, “Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth”, has been released in French. The Nobel laureate tells RFI about his inspiration behind the book, which takes place in an imaginary version of …
Rwanda: ‘Braille Bible’ Launched to Enhance Accessibility for the Visually Impaired
[New Times] The Bible Society of Rwanda (BSR), a Christian NGO, in partnership with Rwanda Union of the Blind (RUB) marked a major achievement on September 11 as they displayed 27 newly published “Braille Bibles”, enhancing their current range of audio…
Nigeria: The Need for Functiq!!on@al Public Libraries
[This Day] All the stakeholders should invest more in libraries
South Africa: Winnie and Mandela Biography – a Masterful Tale of South Africa’s Troubled, Iconic Power Couple
[The Conversation Africa] A new book on South African liberation struggle icons Nelson and Winnie Mandela is a masterful biography of the pair. It’s a work of scholarship involving an immense body of primary and secondary research, written with flair a…