Interview: Sade Adeniran

Molara Wood talks to Sade Adeniran, author of 'Imagine This' – winner of Best First Book, Africa Region in the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize.

Interview: Dayo Forster

Molara Wood interviews Gambian writer Dayo Forster whose novel, Reading the Ceiling, is shortlisted for Best First Book in the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.

Review: Afrika! Afrika! A magical circus adventure

Uchenna Izundu marvels at the Afrika! Afrika! circus, showing in the tented palaces near London’s O2 arena until the end of March 2008.

The Magic Flute

Uchenna Izundu is enchanted by the South African interpretation of Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute, at the Young Vic in London, soon transferring to the West End.

Review: Beethoven was one-sixteenth black

Madhvi Ramani reviews the new book from South African author and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer; Beethoven was one-sixteenth black.