Articles

In Wole Soyinka’s laceratingly satirical new novel, Nigeria has lost its way and is inured to corruption and violence.

A young man struggles to escape a life of violent crime in this gritty fable about love, faith and redemption

CLR James’s writings on empire and cricket were marked by moral clarity and mischievous provocation

The pioneering African American writer’s nonfiction pieces have a power, depth and courage that still resonate more than 60 years after her death