Book Chat

Tade Ipadeola talks to Olanrewaju Akinsola about Nigeria, intrigue and history lessons we all need.

Maïmouna Jallow talks to Yvonne Owuor about fate, mortality and love.

Lamide Akintobi talks to Desmond Cole about blackness, racial injustice and The Black Lives Matter movement.

Buchi Onyegbule talks to Abubakar Adam Ibrahim about living and the spaces between life and death.

Olaokun Soyinka talks to Dotun Fasanya about starting a business and navigating difficult business terrains around Africa.

Rémy Ngamije talks to Maaza Mengiste about women, war and history.

Chike Frankie Edozien talks to Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson about the Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram and chronicled the horror they experienced in secret diaries. Come for the fascinating backstories, and the exploration of culture and online activism.

Khadija Sanusi talks to Nnamdi Ehirim about his stunning debut novel—a riveting coming-of-age tale that looks at politics, religion, class, and friendship in Lagos in the 80s. A group of friends become accustomed to the vicious cycle of bombings, riots and corruption and reinvent themselves.

Abdulkareem Baba Aminu will chat to Yaba Badoe about her new YA novel, which features a family of West African witches. Sheba’s touch can unravel people's innermost thoughts. She can shape-shift too, but she is terrified of her mother who can turn into a crow. Follow this tale of ancient magic, blood, friendship and devastating 

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Kinna Likimani talks to Peace Adzo Medie about one of the most hilarious debuts of the year. Afi Tekple, a bright young seamstress is persuaded by her family to marry Elikem Ganyo, a wealthy businessman. It is soon revealed that Elikem’s family mainly chose Afi with the hope that she would distract the groom from 

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Zukiswa Wanner talks to the witty E.C. Osondu about his new novel which explores the courage, the tragedies and dreams that inspire young Africans to brave the Sahara and the Mediterranean to get to Europe. They will talk about the fascinating cast of characters, the stories of devotion, friendship and hope.

Joseph Ike will talk to Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French and explore some of the major African historical figures who have been erased from 600 years of Black history, and how the economic ascendancy of Europe grew out of its dehumanising engagement with the “darkest” continent.