With kora and words, West Philly stands with West African detainees

In an event infused with both urgency and tenderness, West Philly community and Reclaim members gathered to write letters to ...

In the Beginning, There Was the Word

For Joe Minter, the African Village in America, and 1504 And when those white-sailed ships piled us together, cargo in the ...
New Scientist

A West African writing system shows how letters evolve to get simpler

The symbols we use to write words evolve to become visually simpler over time, and an analysis of a writing system from West Africa shows that they can do so over just a few generations. The script ...
The New York Times

The New Magazines and Journals Shaping Africa’s Literary Scene

Lolwe, Doek and other digital publications are helping to amplify new voices from the continent. By Abdi Latif Dahir KISUMU, Kenya — While he was finishing his master’s degree in creative writing in ...