Category Archives: News

There is no doubt the publishing industry is undergoing massive change. E-book readership has been growing steadily and many experts think that e-books will be the primary form for books in the digital future. In the digital present, massive corporate … Continue reading →

Doreen Baingana, award-winning Ugandan author of Tropical Fish: Stories from Entebbe, will be reading from her book at the next Infusion. Time: 6:30 pm Date: Thursday, 26 January 2012 Place: JB’s Bar and Grill, Maitama Amusement Park, Ibrahim Babangida Way … Continue reading →

We hope you had a lovely holiday season and that you spent many happy hours reading To all our writers and readers: we thank you again for your amazing support throughout 2011.  We also thank you for buying, reading, attending … Continue reading →

A thoughtful review of Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s In Dependence in today’s Guardian (Nigeria) here.

The three-year dispute between Carlos Moore, author of Fela: This Bitch of a Life, and the producers of the Broadway musical, Fela! has finally ended. In a joint statement released on Monday by the author and the Broadway producers of … Continue reading →

Join Lola Shoneyin, author of Mayowa and the Masquerades, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives and several books of poetry, as she reads and signs copies of her books at the Life House on 33 Sinari Daranijo St, Off … Continue reading →

The BAPMAF Music Archive in Accra, Ghana, one of largest libraries of highlife, afrobeat and traditional West African music, suffered serious damage following a devastating flood in October. The archive was founded in 1990 by Dr. John Collins to preserve the legacy of highlife music … Continue reading →

We want to thank everyone who came out for our first Cassava Republic Christmas Fair on Saturday. It was a great time! Check out some pictures below: For the full album, go to our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/CassavaRepublic If you weren’t … Continue reading →