Liberian-American author Wayétu Moore is staying busy and productive. Barely a year since the release of her widely praised memoir The Dragons, The Giant, The Women (read an excerpt here), she announces a forthcoming book. The book, which is titled Melanchta is her second novel, following her debut work She Would Be King (reviewed here) […]
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Spotted: Sex & the City Star Sarah Jessica Parker Holding Wayétu Moore’s Memoir in New York City
“Carrie Bradshaw” of Sex & the City was spotted toting The Dragons, The Giant, The Women, Wayétu Moore’s debut memoir about her experience with surviving the Liberian civil war and her journey to healing and rebuilding. Seeing these pics of SJP was a peak career moment for Moore. In sharing this news on her Instagram […]
Book Excerpt | Wayetu Moore’s The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
Wayétu Moore burst onto the literary scene two years ago with She Would Be King, a novel that, in retelling the story of Liberia’s founding, explores how “tragic experience tips into magic and pushes the body far, far beyond, into something superhuman.” There is something of this theme, the transformative potential of trying experiences, in […]
Life in the Time of COVID-19 | What Some of Your Favorite Authors Have Been Up To: Nnedi Okorafor, Sulaiman Addonia, Inua Ellams, and More
How many weeks has it been since social distancing became the norm? We’ve lost count, but we’ve definitely been admiring over this past April the ways by which our favorite authors are filling up that lockdown time — ranging from baking to biking to picking up a guitar and more. Check them out below. 1. […]
The Anticipated Books of 2020
The year 2019 was full. In December, we released our list of The Notable Books of 2019. In January, we released our list of The Top 15 Debut Books of 2019. Now we look ahead into 2020 with our list of the most anticipated books of the year in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The buzz […]
How African Writers Celebrated Mother’s Day
Speaking of a mother’s love, Chimamanda Adichie once said: “…the completeness, the wholesomeness of this love. It’s just a different thing from anything I’ve ever experienced in my life.” Many in the African literary community would agree with her that a mother’s love is powerful and worthy of celebration. We saw this sort of appreciation […]
The Poetics of the Outcast in Wayétu Moore’s She Would Be King | Reviews by Ainehi
1 She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore takes me back to one of the most tragic characters in African literature. Unoka the father of Okonkwo. Unoka always had trouble fitting in. As a child, he roams village roads, singing to birds instead of learning to farm yams. He grows up to become the least […]
Nnedi Okorafor, Hawa Jande Golakai, Tomi Adeyemi, Mohale Mashigo, Wayetu Moore Lead Longlists for 2019 Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction
The longlists for the 2019 Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans have been announced. Among the nominated are the Nigerian superstar Nnedi Okorafor, the Ghanaian-Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan, the Liberian novelists Hawa Jande Golakai and Wayetu Moore, the Nigerian novelist Tomi Adeyemi, the South African writer Mohale Mashigo, and the Nigerian writers Wole Talabi […]
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