A Woman's Voice is a compelling collection of twelve short stories which talk of human relationships, courage and social injustices. The collection offers a variety of readable material based on real, if sometimes controversial and provocative experiences.

Susan Kiguli, poetessa ugandese pubblicata qui per la prima volta in Italia, ha una peculiarità: parla degli orrori - come il genocidio del 1994 in Rwanda o le violenze nel suo paese - con uno sguardo severo che nello stesso tempo rifiuta la rabbia cieca. Uno sguardo e una parola che rimangono teneri e avvolgenti: «Ti ho osservata / con il curioso interesse di una bimba confusa / mentre hai incarnato la filosofia sopravvivi e vinci / sono convita che / se imparassi queste lezioni e le appr...

This collection of essays reflects on the life and work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2018. Drawing from a wide range of contributors, including writers, critics, publishers and activists, the volume traces the emergence of Ngugi as a novelist in the early 1960s, his contribution to the African culture of letters at its moment of inception, and his global artistic life in the twenty-first century. Here we have both personal andcritical reflections on the differe...