Too Black to Wear Whites – a timely book on sport in South Africa
This timely book brings the long-forgotten story of Krom Hendricks, who was barred from playing for South Africa in the 1890s, to the surface. Review by Mushtak Parker
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Book review December 2016
An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africa’s biggest country and worried the world. Yet …
So Blacks can invent?
Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of SuccessAndrew Ose Phiri. The book sleeve tells it all. A picture of Carver G. Washington and Marjorie Stewart Joyner, …
Celebrating Soyinka at 80
Crucible of the Ages: Essays in Honour of Wole Soyinka at 80New AfricanDrs A.B. Assensoh Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh.* Divided into six sections and 30 chapters, it …
Sierra Leone: radiance of tomorrow
Sierra Leone’s child-soldier done good, Ishmael Beah, has published another book following on from his first in 2007, which detailed his gruesome life as a …
Slavery Reparations The time is now
A new book, Slavery Reparations Time Is Now: Exposing Lies, Claiming Justice for Global Survival – An International Legal Assessment, provides a fresh voice in …