Literary Library

Es'kia Mphahlele

December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...

Rian Malan

December 1, 1954 - South African author, journalist, documentarian and songwriterAuthor of "My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Fa...

Dennis Brutus

November 28, 1924 - December 26, 2009South African activist, educator, journalist and poetAuthor of "Letters to Martha: And Other Poems from a Sou...

Ishmael Beah

November 23, 1980 - Sierra Leonean author and human rights activistAuthor of "A Long Way Gone", "Radiance of Tomorrow" and "Little Family"Was a fo...

Nadine Gordimer

November 20, 1923 - July 13, 2014South African writer and political activistAuthor of "The Conservationist" (for which she won the Man Booker Priz...

Chinua Achebe

November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013Nigerian novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and children's book authorAuthor of "Things Fall Apart", "...

Margaret Taylor Burroughs

November 1, 1915 - November 21, 2010African-American visual artist, writer, poet, educator and arts organizerAuthor of "Jasper, the Drummin' Boy",...