Whitefly follows Detective Laafrit’s investigation into the deaths of four young men found floating in the Mediterranean. The dead are irregular Moroccan migrants en route to neighbouring Spain, or at least that’s what Laafrit thinks until he discovers one of them was shot four times at close range.
Read MoreAfricans flying international routes describe the abysmal service they’ve experienced aboard airplanes and in airports.
Read MoreFrom 1967 to 1970, Nigeria and Biafra were locked in an internecine conflict that claimed more than one million lives and displaced countless others.
Read More“The day Oguta fell, my family was the last to leave our village because we were waiting for my uncle who had gone to get fuel for the car. There was a lot of gunshot and shelling. We were scared, especially my father. It’s not something one should experience twice.”
Read MoreIn Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, each character contends with a violent dictatorship, with none emerging guiltless or unscathed. Set in Addis Ababa in the mid-seventies, Maaza Mengiste’s debut novel gives a glimpse into the surveillance state perpetuated by Mengistu Haile Mariam’s military regime, which deposed Emperor Haile Selassie and effectively ended Ethiopia’s three-thousand year-old monarchy.
Read MoreIn Nigeria, prospective visa applicants can expect to pay unofficial fees thanks to shady dealings.
Read More“Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko,” which means “Thanks be to God, the black Moses is born on the earth of our ancestors” in Lingala, is a mouthful for most. Instead, everyone—excluding the priest who christened the titular protagonist and orphan—settles for “Moses” after the biblical character who frees the Israelites, from slavery. To this end, Moses spends his teenage years examining the meaning of his name and how it guides his destiny, if at all.
Read MoreNumber 5: Among travel companions from hell, the whiners take the biscuit. These energy vampires will suck the fun out of your adventure with endless streams of complaints, leaving you drained and miserable.
Read MoreAs Nigeria turns 59, high unemployment rates, crumbling infrastructure, crippling insecurity, rising foreign debt, widespread corruption, and multi-dimensional poverty have left citizens pondering the meaning of independence.
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