John Maxwell Coetzee, a South African novelist, won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. Coetzee is the fourth African to win it since 1986 when Nigeria's Wole Soyinka became the first African to win the coveted laurel. In between, Egypt's Naguib Mahfouz and South Africa's Nadine Gordimer won the prize in 1988 and 1991 respectively. This, if any is required, is evidence that African literature has come of age, in a country in which English is the second, and in some cases, the third language.

It is remarkable that many Africans have emerged as some of the world’s best writers. Whether it is short stories, plays, novels, poems, essays, fiction, or journals, African writers have unique ways of conveying messages that their readers or audiences can easily digest.

Today in several learning institutions, African Literature has become a prerequisite to many anthropological, scientific, and social studies. This section of our website is dedicated to promoting books, by established African writers, as well as the works of the next generation of African writers.

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