What would compel someone to choose to get involved in sex work knowing that the risks outweigh the benefits? This question, beyond excusing certain vices, offers us an opportunity to have compassion and empathy—and to see the bigger picture.

The world that Empress Ciku explores so well in her book is one in which leaders of the underworld make the rules, prostitutes lure their clients to robbers, and law enforcers—far from fighting crime—hire out their guns for criminal activities.

The African publishing industry is brimming with untapped potential, and the sessions at the Sharjah Book Fair 2024 offered a roadmap to unlock it

Mercy Kirui, eKitabu Senior Manager for Publishing and a Frankfurt Fellow at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024, speaks about her experience at the event.

Diana Mosoba joins the impressive and growing list of young writers who are giving book lovers good value for their money and who are making the visit to the bookstore a pleasant experience.

Festivals on the continent are a chance “for Africa to embrace its identity and for writers and readers to connect to each other."