A South African teenager finds hierarchies can be subverted if one has the skills to carve out a niche.
Books
Mantle Arts & Culture Editor Aria Chiodo features in Rankin's book, part of the Words of Change series.
Fitzgerald brings universal issues to the fore in the novel, which still resonates a century after it was first published.
A new collection of narrative nonfiction and formidable writing by emerging Cameroonian and Nigerian writers.
As in many great African novels from the 1970's - 1980's, Chipanta addresses the shortcomings of a young nation state.
Lababidi's latest work is shockingly prescient, reminding readers that present events often echo historical ones.
