Conversations with African Writers
This project seeks to document, with the aim of preserving, African literature through conversations with African writers, critics, and artists.
About the Project
Conversations with African Writers and Artists is an archival project, which is curated by Prof. Ndirangu Wachanga and Prof. Simon Gikandi of Princeton University. This project seeks to document, with the aim of preserving, African literature through conversations with African writers, critics, and artists through the use of audio and visual technologies. The project is supported by Princeton African Humanities Colloquium, which is directed by Prof. Gikandi.
Wole Soyinka
Tsitsi Dangarembga #1
Okey Ndibe
Mukuka Chipanta
Zuhura Yunus
Walter Bgoya
Aminatta Forna
Veronique Tadjo
Carole Boyce Davies
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Tsitsi Dangarembga #2
Tsitsi Jaji
Mukoma wa Ngugi
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Tijan Sallah
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Ken Kamoche
Leila Aboulela
Boubacar Boris Diop
Tsitsi Dangarembga #3
Sisonke Msimang
Imraan Coovadia
Glaydah Namukasa
Micere Githae Mugo
Bethwell Ogot
Yvonne A. Owuor
Niyi Osundare
Interactive Africa Map
Hover over a country to find out where each author that Prof. Wachanga has interviewed is from. (Desktop Only)