I am addicted to fiction

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister and member of the opposition, returns to one of her favourite subjects: Africa's love of titles.
I simply couldn't resist it after the announcement from the Office of the Gambian President that another title was being added to the already absurd long list of titles held by the president. According to an official release, the Gambian leader will now be known formally as "His...

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel Americanah.

Why did you burn yourself, Ana? Sister Clara, the nurse at St Mary’s Girls’ Secondary School asked me, as two matrons tightly restrained me to a bed in the school infirmary. Babu told me to set him on fire, I whispered with a shaking voice. He said he wanted to feel the flames lick the folds of his wrinkled skin like orange tongues.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun tops a list of the last decade's winners of the Baileys Women's Fiction Prize.

Samuel Kolawole is a 2014 fiction fellow at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, USA. He has contributed short fiction stories to various journals and anthologies.

Fact or fiction? 5 common smartphone misconceptions, debunked  Android Authority

Mwimbaji wa R&B na mwandishi wa hit songs nyingi za mastaa wakubwa, Ne-yo ameitaja tarehe ya kuachia album yake mpya aliyoipa jina la ‘Non Fiction’. Baada ya kuahirisha mara kadhaa sasa album ya sita ya Ne-Yo inatarajiwa kutoka January 27, 2015 ikiwa ni takriban miaka mitatu toka atoe album yake ya mwisho ‘R.E.D’ mwaka 2012. […]

>Don Tate has illustrated many books for children, including She Loved Baseball, Ron’s Big Mission, Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite. He is also the debut author of the award-winning It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started To Draw. Don lives in Austin, Texas.

 Tanzanian fiction writer, anthropologist, and independent documentary filmmaker, Mohamed Yunus. Mohamed Yunus's work including: "Hope's Hunter" and "Lessons of Salt and Honey" have been published by Bloomsbury Press and JALADA online respectively.Mohamed Yunus Rafiq is a Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology Department at Brown University with research interest in the intersection of state, religion and public health. Formerly, Mohamed co-founded and managed Aang Serian Peace Village, a...