Marley Dias, the 12-Year-Old Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, Is Writing a Book of Her Own – In a world where it sometimes seems like everyone is writing a book, I’m glad one of those people is Marley Dias, whose #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign was both brilliant and ballsy, and clearly this girl has some things ... more >
The Subversive Women Who Self-Publish Novels Amid Jihadist War – For almost thirty years now, Kano market literature has been a force in northern Nigeria’s cultural marketplace, and its most popular books are written by Hausa women. Some even feature adultery and other taboo subjects, and authors are now utilizing self-publishing technologies to produce ... more >