LITERATURE

COLLECTIVE READING

Book Club: two monthly picks

African authors, poetry and essay collections, with community discussion threads and reader responses.

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THE DEATH OF VIVIAN CARTER BY CHIGOMEZIE OBIOMA

A haunting exploration of lineage, legacy, and forgotten rituals. Join our active Telegram & Substack threads.

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SELECTED POEMS BY LEOPOLD SENGHOR

An essential anthology of Negritude poetry mapping out memory, rhythm, and reclamation. Complete link inside.

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DISCOVERY

Excerpts + First Pages

Curated excerpts from new African fiction and poetry releases, so the platform works as a space for discovering literature.

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FIRST PAGES

[Chinua Achebe, Heinemann] "The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them."

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FIRST PAGES

[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf] "A quietness started to settle over the house. The purple hibiscuses were beginning to bloom."

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FIRST PAGES

[Wole Soyinka, Random House] "The seasons of human existence are defined not by years, but by the weight of truth spoken aloud."

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CURATORIAL

Themed Reading Lists

On Diaspora

A reading list on belonging, distance and the meaning of home.

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On Return

A reading list on going back, and to whom.

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