Editor: Annie Gagiano
In this two-monthly column African texts (mostly English, or translated into English) are discussed in order to suggest something of the range – geographical; thematic and socio-cultural – of writing from this continent that is available in English. The aim is, on the one hand, to provide access to some of the "classic" texts in this genre and, on the other, to alert readers to the publication of more recent writing. Because South African English novels are widely reviewed locally these are, in general, excluded from this column, which attempts to convey an impression of the rich variety of writing across the rest of Africa.

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