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How Zambia’s modern literary movements are nurturing talent

        By Oliver Ochieng, bird story agency     Zambia has a rich literary history, cultivated in the past by groups like the New Writers Group and the Mphala Creative Society. These organisations have nurtured world-renowned authors such as Binwell Sinyangwe and Ellen Banda-Aaku, among others. However, a new wave of modern literary groups is emerging, promising to develop and elevate talent while continuing Zambia's rich literary […]

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Margaret Busby: how a pioneering Ghanaian publisher put African women’s writing on the map

    By Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, University of the Witwatersrand   Published in 1992, Daughters of Africa is a groundbreaking volume of writing by women of African descent. It was followed by an expanded second edition, New Daughters of Africa, in 2019. The mind behind the books is pioneering Ghanaian-born publisher, writer and editor Margaret Busby. She became the first Black female publisher in the UK at 20 when […]

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