Apala of Oga Tunji
Àjàdí’s play about a cheating doctor, his God-fearing wife, and their overeducated driver presents a dramatic portrait of the upper-middle class in Lagos, Nigeria. More
I, Holstein
A playful one-panel graphic on ruminating by Satoshi Kitamura, a contributor to the latest issue of Monkey Business magazine. More
Broken Glass
and since such phrases survive through legends, centuries and millennia, people unfortunately forget who the true authors were, and fail to render to Caesar what is Caesar’s More
Jamal Bakr
Every single day, I expect to be killed. Whenever I leave my home in the morning, I’m not sure I will get home alive. That is what it’s… More
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the World of African Literature
The best-selling author on the diversity of African writers and her life in Nigeria and the U.S. More
Hook: A Memoir through Letters
How do we touch the average person who doesn’t care to read books because they are too busy trying to work and survive? How can short stories address serious… More
7 Stunning Reasons to See Zanele Muholi at the Brooklyn Museum
For almost a decade photographer and visual activist Zanele Muholi has been bringing visibility to the black lesbian and trans male communities in South Africa, who continually undergo heinous… More
Regarding Susan Sontag
Publicly, Sontag was the fierce, politically brave “dragon lady” of American letters; but in private, she was as confused and vulnerable as the next person. She was fascinating, complex,… More
Six-Word Memoirs
“Six-Word Memoirs” are short life stories, a personal twist on the form that, according to literary lore, Hemingway started when challenged in a bar to write a… More
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