In Africa, the Laureate’s Curse

By ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI THE Nobel Prize in Literature was presented to Mario Vargas Llosa at an awards ceremony on Friday in Oslo. This reawakened the disappointment felt by many fans of African literature, who had hoped that this would be the year for the Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o. But there’s actually reason to… Continue reading In Africa, the Laureate’s Curse