It’s been almost a month since I moved to Tunis, and many folks have been asking about my initial impressions. My response: Tunis and I are still learning each other. And really, that’s what it is. For whatever reason, Tunis is hard to decipher. Besides the obvious preference for pink/fuchsia…
Kenya. Who would have thought that one of Africa’s brightest would be in the news for other than economic prowess and technological advancements? And yet it happened. On Saturday, September 21, members of the Somali extremist Islamist movement Al-Shabab attacked Nairobi’s popular WestGate mall, killing an estimated 62 people and…
I’m in Istanbul, Turkey and it goes without saying that I’m somewhat of an oddity in these parts. Everyone’s looking at me. I probably should have done some quick research online to get a sense of the diversity in Istanbul, but I was too eager to get outside, to breathe…
Dear Ladies, So yesterday at the bus station, I asked a young lady whether I could borrow her phone. She lent me her phone and after my call, she asked: “Can I ask you for some advice?” and then proceeded to tell me how many people in her life -…
Today was a blog waiting to happen. Only, it’s not going to be about the Ghanaian and African Embassies in the West as I’d intended – don’t worry, it will have its time too – but rather about contemporary books, libraries and reading in major African cities like Accra, Lusaka,…
Summer, summer, summer time! And by that, I’m not just referencing Will Smith’s Summertime. No, no, no. Where I come from, summer time means leisure reading and resuming my certified bookworm status. Woot, woot! Anyway, I figured it would be nice to share on what my 2013 summer reads and…
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the African Union – formerly the Organization for African Unity – and while much of the attention might have been on the Chinese-built AU headquarters in Addis Ababa where Africa’s leaders gathered for the AU Summit, there was certainly a lot of coffee shop…
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the African Union – formerly the Organization for African Unity – and while much of the attention might have been on the Chinese-built AU headquarters in Addis Ababa where Africa’s leaders gathered for the AU Summit, there was certainly a lot of coffee shop…
We won! My writing capabilities are in shock. For now, thank you everyone :) All glory due Allah.
I woke up this morning to news that Nigeria’s prolific author Chinua Achebe had passed. I’m sad, but I’m also grateful – for his life, his work and more importantly, his influence.Prior to attending Wesley Girls’ High School in Cape Coast, I had virtually no idea about what “African literature”…