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African Literature on the Internet

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• Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)
  • General announcement and contact information. All nominations have been received, a short list drawn up by a jury, and the 100 titles were announced on February 18, 2002.
    See a copy of the list of 100.
  • H-Africa Discussion Forum, March 2002 (H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
  • Africa Book Centre--Catalogue of 100 Best Book Award Winners (Brighton, UK)
  
  
• Africa review of books. (Online) -- Dakar, Senegal: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), 2003-
  
  
• African Literature Association (via Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  The site includes general information about ALA conferences and issues. Note: The "ALA Bulletin" is available online ONLY for ALA members.
  
  
• AfricanResource.Com: Poetry (Binghamton, New York)
  These web pages include biographical sketches and excerpts from the works of African poets of today, as well as links to journals and other projects of AfricaResource.Com. Some of the featured poets include Kofi Anyidoho (Ghana) and Tanure Ojaide (Nigeria); plus lesser known and younger writers.
  
  
• African Review of Books (London, UK)
  • A website for publicizing African writings and public discussion, with recent news on book awards and related links.
  
  
• African Studies Association of the United States: Childrens' Africana Book Awards (via AfricaAccess.Com, Silver Spring, Maryland)
  Since 1991, the Outreach Council of the ASA annually honors outstanding authors and illustrators of children's books about Africa published in the United States.
  
  
• African Writers Series -- Heinemann (Oxford, UK)
  A commercial publisher's site which offers a list of their African authors, with biographical and book information.
  
  
• African writers: voices of change (University of Florida, Gainesville)
  Selected pages from the University of Florida Africana Studies Web site: featuring a biographical dictionary of African fiction writers (including brief lists of major works and short biographical pieces on Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ayi Kwei Armah, Buchi Emecheta, Bessie Head, Alex La Guma, Dambudzo Marechera, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Alan Paton, Okot P'Bitek, and Amos Tutuola).
  
  
• Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Manu Herbstein (Accra, Ghana)
  This is a website with excerpts from the historical novel by Mr. Herbstein and offering a diverse array of links and excerpts from the Web relating to discussions about the Atlantic slave trade, West Africa, slavery, and African-American history.
  
  
• "Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise", The Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair, New Jersey, June 15-26, 2005: created and directed by Yael Farber, written in collaboration with the cast, based on their life experiences in South Africa. (Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey)
  
  
• Anglophone Literature: study guides for an undergraduate, comparative literature course (Paul Brians, Department of English, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington State)
  "This course concentrates on literature of West and South Africa, India, and the Caribbean. Three of the authors studied--Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, and Nadine Gordimer--have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and another--Salman Rushdie--is one of the most admired (and controversial) writers working today." Currently, there are guides on Chinua Achebe. Buchi Emecheta, Wole Soyinka, Athol Fugard, Nadine Gordimer, George Lamming, R.K. Narayan, and Salman Rushdie.
  
  
• União dos escritores Angolanos (via EBONet Media, Luanda, Angola)
  • Notícias
  • Quem é quem: base de dados sobre os escritores, seus mundos e paisagens
  • Antologias de poesia & de ficçao
  
  
• Autores Africanos: Do Rovuma ao Maputo (via CERN, Switzerland)
  "Esta página não verdadeiramente minha, mas sim do Joaquim Falé que tem vindo a mandar de Maputo, e para a pt-net, artigos e poesias de autores africanos."
  
  
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ -- Web Dossier (2007) (Library, Documentation and Information, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands)
  • Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900-1991) was one of the major intellectual and literary figures of twentieth-century Africa. A historian and collector and translator of oral and ethnological texts, he was also a poet in his native Fulfulde and the author of prize-winning and widely-read literary works (two volumes of his memoirs and a novel set in colonial French West Africa), as well as a spokesperson for Sufi understandings of Islam and religious ecumenism.
  • See also: Tierno Bokar -- U.S. Premiere, March 30 - April 26, 2005, Barnard Hall, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.
  
  
• BBC News Africa Beyond--Celebrating African Arts in the UK (London)
  An online cultural magazine featuring news, events, and interviews with African writers, musicians, and artists in the UK.
  
  
• Hommages à Francis Bebey (1929-2001)
  • Association Francis Bebey (Bebey.Com, France)
  • Francis Bebey (Discographie) (Afromix.Org, Fabrice Gaillard, Paris)
  • University of Florida Libraries: Francis Bebey (Daniel Reboussin, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville)
    A very short biographical sketch and excerpted poem.
  
  
• Mongo Beti (1932-2001) on the Web
  • Bellagio Publishing Network: "Mongo Beti: the writer-gadfly." (2002) (George Ngwane, Cameroon National Book Development Council, Buea, Cameroon) BPN newsletter. (Online); no. 30 (May 2002).
  • Grioo.Com: Mongo Beti 1932-2001 (mars 2003)
  • "Mongo Beti et nous." par Boubacar Boris Diop (Cercle Social, le 19 février 2002; via << Nouveau millénaire, Défis libertaires >>, Philippe Coutant, Nantes, France)
  • Voir aussi: Peuples noirs, peuples africaines ci-dessous.
  
  
• A Bibliography of Lusophone (African) Women Writers (Jean-Marie Volet, University of Western Australia)
  A listing of writers and their works; some linked biographical information on individual authors and a link to an essay on Lusophone African women\'s writing.
  
  
• The Caine Prize for African Writing (UK)
  • A prize given annually for the best short story written by an African author in English.
  • 2007 Winner: BBC Africa Beyond Interview with Monica Arac de Nyeko (London, UK)
    -- See also: 2007 short listed author Uwem Akpan's "My Parent's Bedroom." The New Yorker. (Online). June 12, 2006.
  • 2005 Winner: Segun A. Afolabi (and other short listed writers). via Africa Centre, London.
    -- See also: Guardian Unlimited Books: "Afolabi wins African Booker" (July 6, 2005)
  • 2004 Winner -- Brian Chikwava (and short listed authors) via Africa Centre, London.
    -- See also: Brian Chikwava and "Seventh Street Alchemy" in Writing Still. -- Harare: Weaver Press, 2003. via Bellagio Publishing Network.
  • 2002 Winner (Binyavanga Wainaina)...see below.
  
  
• Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 14-17 June 2008 Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
  
  
• Aimé Césaire, 1913-2008:
  • Afrikara.Com: "La Poésie de Césaire: vers verts vers la Liberté" (2006) ; Entretien avec Aimé Césaire par Buata Malela à Fort-de-France, décembre 2004" ; et "Décryptage: Discours sur le colonialisme de Aimé Césaire, discours pour la liberté" (2005) (Paris)
    
    
  • California Newsreel: "Aimé Césaire: une voix pour l'histoire": Un film de 1994, en trois parties. (San Francisco, California)
    
    
  • Grioo.Com: "Aimé Césaire (1913-2008): le poète martiniquais est officiellement décédé" (le 17 avril 2008) (Paris)
    
    
  • Hommage à Aimé Césaire -- Site officiel (Fort de France, Martinique)
    
    
  • RFO.Fr: Aimé Césaire, 1913-2008 (France Télévisions Interactive, Paris)
    
    
  • Le Soleil (Online): "Boubacar Boris Diop: 'Il a été des combats les plus rudes pour la dignité de l'homme noir'" (le 18 avril 2008) (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
    
  • Older sites in English:
    -- Emory University, Department of English: Post Colonial Studies -- Aimé Césaire, author profile (1999) (Atlanta, Georgia)
    -- LiP magazine. (Online): "Poetry & the Political Imagination: Aimé Césaire, Negritude & the Applications of Surrealism" by Prof. Robin D. G. Kelley (2001) (Oakland, California)
    -- Poetry Foundation: Aimé Fernand Césaire--biography and bibliography (Chicago, Illinois)
  
  
• Cinquantenaire du 1er Congrès international des écrivains et artistes noirs, Paris, France, 19-22 septembre 2006 (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris)
  Ce site --en français ou en anglais-- offre le programme des activités et des extraits du premier numéro de la revue Presence Africaine. "La communauté africaine et l'Institut W.E.B Du Bois pour la recherche africaine et africaine américaine de l'université de Harvard (Etats-Unis) ouvrent, à l'université de la Sorbonne, les célébrations du cinquantième anniversaire du 1er Congrès international des écrivains et artistes noirs qui se déroula le 19 septembre 1956..." Voir aussi le site officiel de l'Institut W.E.B. DuBois
  
  
• Cultures Sud. (Online). Anciennement "Notre librarie" -- Paris, France: Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française et le Ministère des Affaires étrangères, 1999- [Originally founded in 1969.]
  • On peut lire en ligne ou télécharger les derniers numéros depuis septembre 1999 (en format PDF). "...c'est une revue de référence, d'actualité et de critique sur les littératures d'Afrique, des Caraïbes et de l'océan Indien."
  • Dans les archives: << 1250 nouveaux titres de littérature d'Afrique noire -- 1997/2001 >> Notre librairie. (Online); no. 147, janvier-mars 2002. Format PDF (134 p.)
  
  
• Birago Diop, 1906-1989: l'écrivain sénégalais (Patrice Birago Neveu et al., Infonie, France)
  Sur ce site, on peux trouver beaucoup de renseignements à propos du auteur de Contes d'Amadou Koumba. (1947) et d'autres livres importants (y compris une page d'interviews qui s'ecoutent avec RealPlayer).
  
  
• Cyprian Ekwensi
  • Ekwensi at 80 in the year 2001
    -- "Cyprian Ekwensi." (2001) (Charles R. Larson, American University, Washington, DC; Extracts from The ordeal of the African writer, pub. by Zed Books, 2001) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
    -- "What Cyprian Ekwensi meant to me." (2001) (Kole Omotoso, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
  
  
• Ethiopiques: revue négro-africaine de littérature et de philosophie. (Online) -- Dakar, Sénégal: Ethiopiques ; via SPIP et avec le soutien de l'Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, 2002-
  Ce site offre une petite archive de vieux numéros depuis 2002 --en texte intégral-- d'une des plus importantes revues sur l'étude de la littérature africaine...fondée par Léopold Sédar Senghor.
  
  
• Etonnants Voyageurs, Festival International du Livre, novembre 2006, Bamako, Mali (Saint-Malo, France)
  Sur ce site, on peut trouver les informations sur le festival, mais voir surtout les archives pour les événements des années passées, 2001-2005...pour les programmes des rencontres, les listes des invités, et des débats.
  
  
• Francophone African poets in English translation (University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville)
  This collection of texts provides some basis for studying in English of the works of J.-J. Rabearivelo, Leopold S. Senghor, Bernard Dadié, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Annette M'Baye, David Diop, Francis Bebey, William J.F. Syad, Paulin Joachim, G.F.T. U Tam'si, & J.-B. Tati Loutard.
  
  
• Athol Fugard, Playwright (Iain Fisher, The Netherlands)
  A brief biographical sketch of this well-known South African writer-director, commentaries on Fugard's plays, and a host of links to related web pages and sites.
  
  
• H-AFRLITCINE Web Page. (Humanities-Net; via Michigan State University)
  "H-AFRLITCINE is the H-Net discussion list dealing with African Literature and Cinema and is affiliated with the African Literature Association."
  
  
• Humanities Course on Africa (Cora Agatucci, Department of Humanities, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon)
  This web site is designed to support of a college course on the study of significant Sub Saharan African works of traditional oral arts or orature, and modern literature and film, representing a diversity of peoples and cultures from key historical periods. The site includes a useful table of African Timelines, with hypertext links to other resources on the Internet.
  
  
• Indiana University Libraries: The Nadine Gordimer Papers at the Lilly Library: a guide to the collections (Bloomington, Indiana)
  
  
• Indian Ocean -- Literature
  • Littérature de l'océan Indien. Par Jean-Louis Joubert. Universités francophones. (Vanves: EDICEF-AUPELF, 1991; via Refer, Paris)
    Un ouvrage complet en ligne qui traite la littérature de la Madagascar, la Maurice, la Réunion, les Seychelles et les Comores.
  • Littératures de l'Océan Indien--île en île: une base de données: dossiers sur auteurs, extraits de textes, liens Internet. (Prof. Thomas Spear, Lehman College, City University of New York)
  
  
• An Introduction to the Literature of the Maghreb (Michael Toler et al., Maghrebi Studies Group, Wellesley, Massachusetts)
  An annotated list of web links on contemporary literature of the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia); plus a section on music.
  
  
• Ahmadou Kourouma (1927-2003) sur la Toile
  • Cahier spécial << Ahmadou Kourouma:
    L'héritage >> Notre librarie: revue des littératures du Sud. (Online); no. 155-156, juillet-décembre 2004. (Paris, France) Format PDF.
  • Ahmadou Kourouma at the complete review (December 2003) The complete review. (Online) (USA)
  • << Ahmadou Kourouma, le guerrier terrassé >> (Afrik.Com, Paris, France) ... avec quelques liens aux résumés des ouvrages de Kourouma.
  • Décès de l'écrivain Ahmadou Kourouma, le 11 décembre 2003. Grioo.Com (Paris, France)
  • Ahmadou Kourouma, ou la dénonciation de l'intérieur (1999) -- An African novelist's inside story. Le Courrier de l'Unesco. (Online) March 1999.
  
  
• Mazizi Kunene, 1930-2006
  • "Mazisi Kunene, South African Poet Laureate, Anti-apartheid Leader, and UCLA Professor (August 2006)" (UCLA Center for African Studies, Los Angeles, California)
  • KZN "Literary Tourism": Mazizi Kunene (August 2006) (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
  
  
• KZN Literary Tourism (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
  This web site consists of essays and reviews, will photogaphs and illustrations, celebrating South African writers and the places and people that they write about. "Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist."
  
  
• "Literary Manifestations of the African Diaspora", University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, November 10-14, 2003: Abstracts Archive (via Harriet Tubman Resource Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada)
  This web page is a general call for papers. "The aim is introduce a wider audience to the ways in which trans-Atlantic constructions of the historical experience of the African diaspora find expression in the literary mode. It encourages the exploration of the African diaspora through a variety of genres, both oral and written. These include narrative, poetry, myth, legend, autobiography, drama, as well as other texts."
  
  
• Literary Map of Africa (Miriam Conteh-Morgan et al., Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio)
  "The Literary Map of Africa is a bio-bibliographical database, designed to be a comprehensive research and information tool on African literature."
  
  
• LIMAG: Littératures du Maghreb (Charles Bonn & Coordination internationale des chercheurs sur les littératures du Maghreb, Université Lyon, France)
  Sur ce site, on peut trouver un calendrier des colloques, une liste des théses sur les littératures du Maghreb, le bulletin "Etudes littéraires maghrébines" en texte intégral, et une banque de données documentaires sur les littératures et la culture du Maghreb. Remarque: La plupart des textes sont donnés au format Acrobat Reader.
  
  
• Lire les femmes écrivains et les littératures africaines = Reading Women Writers and African Literatures (Dr. Jean-Marie Volet, University of Western Australia)
  In French or English. This well-organized site provides useful biographical information about African women writers and excerpts from published works; it also includes a short bibliography of Anglophone women writers.
  
  
• LITAF: Littératures africaine francophone -- Une base de données bibliographique (Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV, France)
  Une réference générale qui existe en version WEB et en version cédérom. "LITAF est un projet du Groupe de recherche "Littératures d'Afrique noire" dirigé par Alain Ricard, directeur de recherches au Centre National de Recherche Scientifique. Le Groupe est affilié au Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire de Bordeaux."
  
  
• Littératures africaines francophones des années 1980 et 1990. Par Lydie Moudileno. Document de travail; no. 2.
  -- Dakar, Sénégal: Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique (CODESRIA), c2003. (Format PDF)
  
  
• Lusophone African women's writing : a brief introduction. (1999) by Tony Simoes da Silva. (via Lire les femmes écrivains et les littératures africaines, University of Western Australia)
  
  
• Ny Haisoratra Malagasy
  Un site qui est consacré à la littérature malgache...en français et en malgache.
  
  
• Alain Mabanckou, 1966-
  • Le Blog d'Alain Mabanckou (Université de Michigan, Ann Arbor; via Congopage, Pointe Noire, République du Congo)
  • Le Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie 2005: Verre Cassé par Alain Mabanckou (octobre 2005) (Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, Paris, France)
  • Grioo.Com: "Alain Mabanckou: Psychologie à la sauce africaine" par diplomatix (le 29 septembre) (Paris, France)
  • Afrik.Com: "Rencontre avec Alain Mabanckou: l'écrivain congolais auteur d'African psycho" (le 22 octobre 2003) (Paris, France)
  
  
• Naguib Mahfouz, 1911-2006
  • Afrik.Com: "Le prix Nobel de littérature Naguib Mahfouz s'en est allé" (August 2006) (Paris)
  • Al-Ahram Weekly: "A master and his mantle" (August 2006) (Cairo, Egypt)
  • BBC News: Obituary--Naguib Mahfouz (August 30, 2006) (London, UK)
  
  
• MOTS PLURIELS et grands thèmes de notre temps: revue électronique de Lettres à caractère international. (Archive) -- Nedlands, Australia: The University of Western Australia, Department of French Studies, 1996-2003.
  Archive of all issues. African and comparative studies in literature and the social sciences; in French and English.
  
  
• Ben Okri, 1959--
  • Ben Okri, An Urhoboman, As a Literary Icon (Urhobo Waado, Urhobo Historical Society, Prof. Peter Ekeh, State University of New York, Buffalo)
  • Ben Okri Web Page (Robert Bennett, Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara; via Prof. George P. Landow et al., Brown University, "Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English", via National University of Singapore)
  
  
• Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. Sponsored by Kodansha Ltd., Japan. (Oxon, UK)
  • "Established in 1979, the Noma Award is open to African writers and scholars whose work is published in Africa. The US$10,000 prize is given annually for an outstanding new book in any of these three categories: (i) scholarly or academic,
    (ii) books for children, and (iii) literature and creative writing. Books are admissable in any of the languages of Africa, both local and European."
  • Noma Award Winners, 1980 to the present
  
  
• Organization of Women Writers of Africa (2004) (New York)
  • The OWWA was formed in 1991 and is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of establishing links between professional women writers from Africa and its Diaspora.
  • "Yari Yari Pamberi: Black Women Writers Dissecting Globalization" October 12-16, 2004, New York University, New York
    Registration deadline is August 15, 2004.
  
  
• Peuples noirs, peuples africains. (Online): Archive, 1978-1984. -- Paris, France; Perth, Australia: University of Western Australia, 2005.
  Une archive d'une publication sous la direction de l'écrivain camerounais Mongo Beti: "la revue des radicaux noirs de langue française publiée par Mongo Beti et son épouse Odile Tobner de 1978 à 1991."
  En plus, il y a un résumé de la vie et les ouvrages de Mongo Beti. Voir aussi les autres sites ci-dessus.
  
  
• Poetry Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
  12th Poetry Africa Festival, 29 September --4 October 2008
  The site offers information on the upcoming poetry festival and conference; plus highlights, biographies, and bibliographies from previous festivals: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
  
  
• Portes d'Afrique (Le Figaro, Paris, France)
  Huit mois de voyage, près de 20.000 milles parcourus à la voile autour de l'Afrique...Retrouvez le récit d'un grand périple à la rencontre de l'afrique maritime...avec 12 écrivains-voyageurs contemporains, y compris: Ken Bugul, Abdourahman Waberi, Florent Couao-Zotti, et Alain Mabanckou.
  
  
• Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Africa (Prof. George P. Landow and his students at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; via University of Singapore)
  • A compilation of documents, mostly by students, on African authors (including some biographical information), African literary themes, bibliographies, and discussions of postcolonial literary theory arranged on a Web site.
  • Home Page (General)
  • Chinua Achebe
  • Ama Ata Aidoo
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Buchi Emecheta
  • Nadine Gordimer
  • Chenjerai Hove
  • Yvonne Vera
  • Charles Mungoshi
  • Femi Osofisan
  • Ken Saro Wiwa
  • Wole Soyinka
  
  
• Post Colonial Studies: African Literary Figures (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • "The Postcolonial Studies website (PS) is a project in progress at the English Department at Emory University. Begun in Spring 1996, it is intended to serve primarily as a resource for students of postcolonial literature and theory at Emory University. Another important objective, however, is to provide a site on the Web where people from around the country and around the world can come for an introduction to major topics and issues in Postcolonial Studies." Note: The documents at this site are produced by students.
  • Home Page (General: introduction, authors, theories, etc.)
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Assia Djebar
  • Buchi Emecheta
  • Frantz Fanon
  • Bessie Head
  • J. Nozipo Maraire
  • Ngugi wa Thiong\'o
  • Nawal el Saadawi
  • Olive Schreiner
  • Huda Shaarawi
  • M.G. Vassanji
  
  
• Remember Saro-Wiwa (PlatformLondon, London, UK)
  This website includes biographical information on the writer-publisher-activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, excerpts from his writings, current reports on Nigeria and on the activities of organizations concerned about Nigeria, and links to related organizations. "...a coalition of UK-based organisations and individuals encompassing the arts and literature, human rights and environmental and development issues."
  
  
• School of Oriental and African Studies: Centre for Asian and African Literatures -- Seminars, Workshops, and Newsletters (University of London, UK)
  
  
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) sur Internet
  • Académie de Lyon -- Lettres: Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) -- Bibliographie (Michel Balmont et al., Lyon, France)
    
    
  • Archipo--Les Archives Politiques: Profil de Léopold Sédar Senghor -- Archives Vidéo et Sonores (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
    
  • Ethiopiques -- revue negro-africaine de littérature et de philosophie. (Online): Hommage à Senghor (Numéro 69, 2003)
  • JoalFadiouth.Com -- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) (Germantown, Maryland, USA)
  • Léopold Sédar Senghor -- Page spéciale (iSenegal, Paris, France)
    Un page de liens aux sites qui rendent hommage à Senghor.
  • Organisation internationale de la Francophonie: 2006, Année Senghor -- Centenaire de la naissance de Léopold Sédar Senghor (Paris)
    
    
  
  
• Sea Breeze journal of contemporary Liberian writings. (Online) -- Castro Valley, California: The Journal, 2004-
  A bi-annual publication of essays, poetry, art, and photography by Liberian artists and writers in the diaspora.
  
  
• Souffles : revue culturelle arabe du Maghreb. (Online) -- Rabat, Morocco : Souffles ; New York : Abdellatif Laâbi, Thomas C. Spear, 1966-71; !997-98.
  "Cette revue trimestrielle fut publiée entre 1966 et 1971, date à laquelle les activités de son directeur, Abdellatif Laâbi, furent suspendues par les autorités marocaines." Pour les numéros 10 à 15, consultez le site de Thomas C. Spear.
  
  
• Wole Soyinka, 1934--
  • Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate (Nobel E-Museum, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden)
    A brief biographical sketch, Soyinka's Nobel lecture, and related information.
  • Stanford University, The Presidential Lectures and Symposia in the Humanities and Arts: Wole Soyinka, 1998 (Peter Blank et al., Website editors, Stanford University, California)
    This site includes excerpts from published works and the Fall 1998 Stanford lecture by Wole Soyinka, a contemporary Nigerian author and world public intellectual; plus biographical information, related links, and a bibliography.
  
  
• Tierno Bokar -- U.S. Premiere, March 30 - April 26, 2005, Barnard Hall, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York.
  
  
• Time of the Writer = Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival of Writers, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
  10th Time of the Writer Festival, 25-30 March 2008
  This site provides information about the programme, the participants, festivals from previous years, and related links.
  
  
• Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936-2006)
  • "Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin of Ethiopia: a short walk through his literary park" by Negussay Ayele (Ethiopians.Com, California)
  • "An Ethiopian hero: Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936-2006)" by Richard Pankhurst (OpenDemocracy.Net, London, UK)
  • "Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin Playwright: list of plays & biographical information (Doollee.Com, UK)
  • "Tribute to Tsegaye Gabre Medhin": a short selection of his poems (via Tezeta.Org)
  
  
• WABERI.FREE -- Abdourahman A. Waberi (Paris, France)
  Le site offre une biographie de l'auteur djiboutien, une bibliographie, un recueil de photos, le curriculum vitae de l'auteur, et quelques textes des dossiers de l'auteur.
  
  
• Binyavanga Wainaina -- 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing
  • The Kenyan writer wins the Caine Prize for the best short story, July 2002. Since 2000, the Caine Prize is awarded every year to a work (a short story) by an African writer published in English, in Africa or elsewhere.
  • "Discovering Home": Part 1 of 2. By Binyavanga Wainaina and Part 2 of 2 G21: The world's magazine. (Online) -- UK: Generator 21 Net, 1996-
  • "Binyavanga Wainaina wins the Caine Prize." By Paul Redfern, The East African. (Online). July 22, 2002. -- Nairobi, Kenya: The Nation Newspapers, Ltd. 1996-
  • Caine Prize for African Writing above.