these are the african writers

Writers from the African continent are on the rise. Young names are mentioned and their books are read. This is a good development. But what will be next? One good book, and when will the second good one be published? That is an intriguing question. 

Read more about these young writers. 

Shadreck Chikoti is one such writer from Malawi who is breaking traditional storytelling shackles and moving into the realms of fantasy. He tells CNN: "I think it's high time we started writing what we really want. So science fiction, fantasy. We have to explore all these issues; we have to catch up with the world." <a href='http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2014/07/25/spc-african-voices-shadreck-chikoti-a.cnn.html' target='_blank'>Watch the full African Voices interview with Chikoti here.</a>

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I enjoy reading about Africa. New books. Old books. By African writers. By non-African writers. Novel. History. Travel. Biographies. Autobiographies. Politics. Colonialism. Poetry.

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