Conversations with African Writers

This project seeks to document, with the aim of preserving, African literature through conversations with African writers, critics, and artists.

 About the Project

Conversations with African Writers and Artists is an archival project, which is curated by Prof. Ndirangu Wachanga and Prof. Simon Gikandi of Princeton University. This project seeks to document, with the aim of preserving, African literature through conversations with African writers, critics, and artists through the use of audio and visual technologies. The project is supported by Princeton African Humanities Colloquium, which is directed by Prof. Gikandi.


Wole Soyinka

Tsitsi Dangarembga #1

Okey Ndibe

Mukuka Chipanta

Zuhura Yunus

Walter Bgoya

Aminatta Forna

Veronique Tadjo

Carole Boyce Davies

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

Tsitsi Dangarembga #2

Tsitsi Jaji

Mukoma wa Ngugi

Otoniya J. Okot Bitek

Tijan Sallah

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

Ken Kamoche

Leila Aboulela

Boubacar Boris Diop

Tsitsi Dangarembga #3

Sisonke Msimang

Imraan Coovadia

Glaydah Namukasa

Micere Githae Mugo

Bethwell Ogot

Yvonne A. Owuor

Niyi Osundare

Interactive Africa Map

Hover over a country to find out where each author that Prof. Wachanga has interviewed is from. (Desktop Only)

Wachanga Map
Nigeria Kenya Zimbabwe SouthAfrica Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia Cote D'ivoire Sierra Leone Ghana The Gambia Brazil Trinidad Tobago India Sudan