Day: October 3, 2017

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is the favourite to win the Nobel Prize in Literature—again

There are not many certainties in the literary world. Not in the global one. Not in the African one.  One thing, however, is certain and it occurs every year around this time. The certainty is the speculation that the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is the one who most probably will receive the Nobel Prize for … Continue reading Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is the favourite to win the Nobel Prize in Literature—again

PARADISE

Where is paradise? The Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah (Zanzibar, 1948, now living in the United Kingdom) wrote a book with the title Paradise. This book was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. I do not know if Abdulrazak has reached the gates of paradise, I do not even know if Yusuf, the protagonist, has reached … Continue reading PARADISE