What if African authors used literary devices like this?

The best bookish destinations aren’t always the grandest. They are the places that bring back how a book made you feel.

Buchi Emecheta went from an orphaned girl in Lagos to a librarian, sociologist, novelist, lecturer, and internationally recognised writer.

Reading can be quiet, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Make things with the books you read. Photograph them. Collect and redesign them.

There’s no perfect reading spot, but you can always go somewhere that makes you happy and carry a book along.

There’s something beautiful about becoming a reader later in life.

Writers don’t predict a date or a specific gadget. They notice something small and easy to ignore already happening, and ask what it looks like fully fleshed out.

Sefi Atta turns everyday motions into something remarkable, stories that make you ask what parts of your own life you’ve been overlooking.

A provocative title can spark curiosity and start conversations, but it also sets a very high bar for the book.

A good translator isn’t just translating words; they’re rebuilding style, humor, and emotional register from scratch in a completely different language. 

Musih Tedji Xaviere is a Cameroonian writer whose quiet confidence, empathy, and belief in overlooked stories mark her as one of African literature’s most promising new voices.

Chika Unigwe’s forte is characterization and code blending. Her characters feel real because their choices are grounded in lived experience.