"L'enfant noir" is arguably Camara Laye's most famous book. Its particularity is that the author recounts his own life. (Read more...)

Du Bois's life history was graced with a series of firsts. He was the first in his family to attend High School, and the first African American to attain a Doctorate from the prestigious Harvard University. (Read more...)

The winner of the Goncourt des lycéens in 2020 with her novel "Les impatientes" experienced the same suffering as her heroines. (Read more...)

In 1970, Angela graced the FBI's most wanted list. She was locked up in prison for over a year, giving her a first-hand experience of the ills and disadvantages of incarceration. (Read more...)

Necropolitics translates as the politics of death. Mbembe describes it as the capacity to assign differential value to human life. (Read more...)

The United States Mint announced a series of coins commemorating American women who are pioneers. Maya Angelou is the first black woman to appear on a coin. (Read more...)

The young African born and raised in Senegal won the Goncourt Prize 2021 with a book co-published by a Senegalese publishing house. (Read more...)

Felwine Sarr develops the foundations of a utopia necessary for the reinvention of Africa. According to him, the continent's only pressing challenge is to live up to its potential and not run to catch up with anyone. (Read more...)

Since the 1970s, February has been regarded as the month in which Blacks, particularly African Americans, are celebrated within the United States. (Read more...)

Mariama Bâ demonstrated her feminism through her first and famous novel "Une si longue lettre" where she already criticized the inequalities between men and women encouraged by the African tradition. (Read more...)