AllAfrica News: Books

[Vanguard] For the author of 'Broke After Pay Day,' Yemisi Lucy Adepoju, it has become imperative to interrogate emotional, cultural and behavioural patterns behind financial exhaustion.

[Daily Maverick] Through exclusive interviews with zama zamas, syndicate insiders, intelligence operatives, and law enforcement officials, Zama Zama sheds light on the hidden mechanics of this shadow economy.

[Nile Post] On this day in 1931, legendary poet Okot p'Bitek was born in Gulu in northern Uganda.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- A book of short stories about the Central Plateau and Angolan society, by writer Sousa Jamba, was launched on Thursday in Luanda, published by Mayamba publishing house.

[Vanguard] - The Coroner's Court sitting at the Igbosere Magistrates' Court, Lagos Island, on Wednesday adjourned further proceedings in the inquest into the death of 21-month-old Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, son of renowned author Chimamanda Adichie and Dr. Ivara Esege, until October 8, 2026.