Blessed heavenly birthday Mariama Ba! Born April 17, 1929, Mariama Ba was a Senegalese author and feminist. She is known for her two novels: So Long a Letter and Scarlet Song. She passed away in 1981.
365 Black Books Ama Ata Aidoo Saturday
Born March 23, 1942, Ama Ata Aidoo was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, and professor who advocated for African women, African literature, and free education and literacy. She passed away in 2023. Some of her famous works:
365 Black Books Ben Okri Tuesday
Born March 15, Nigerian-born Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. Here are just a few of his published works.
The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Day 25: Roseanne Brown, author of Song of Wraths and Ruin
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The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Bernard Mensah, author of Esi The Brave
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365 Black Books: Tsitsi Dangarembga Friday
Tsitsi Dangarembga, born February 4, is a Zimbabwe novelist. Her trilogy chronicles the life of a young Zimbabwe girl living in Zimbabwe before it gained its independence. More information about Tsitsi Dangarembga can be found here.
365 Black Books Cheikh Anta Diop Friday
Cheikh Anta Diop was born December 29 in Senegal. He was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race’s origins and pre-colonial African culture. His seminal and classic book:
The African Origin of Civilization
Ms Afropolitan Post: Seven Great Novels by African Women
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