Explore the Rich Tapestry of African Literature: Books from Algeria to Zimbabwe
In her 2009 TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story,” Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recalls the moment “when I discovered African books.” Stumbling into writers “like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye” forever changed her understanding of literature. She began writing stories filled with the kinds of people and places she knew intimately from her own life.