Behind the Words

Featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun which was adapted into the feature film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton.

Featuring Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Part 1). The author shares the story behind his work including his imprisonment where he wrote the novel, Devil on the Cross on prison-issues toilet paper,

Featuring Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Part 2). The author shares the story behind his work including his imprisonment where he wrote the novel, Devil on the Cross on prison-issues toilet paper,

Benjamin Kwakye is a Ghanaian novelist. The Clothes of Nakedness, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Africa, and was adapted for radio as a BBC Play of the Week.

Born in the U.S. to Nigerian immigrants, award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor is known for weaving African culture into sci-fi and fantasy tales.

Helon Habila is a Nigerian novelist and poet, whose writing has won many prizes, including the Caine Prize in 2001. He worked as a lecturer and journalist in Nigeria before moving in 2002 to England.