So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.

So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.

I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

When writing screenplays, it's a matter of remembering to leave off the page anything and everything that doesn't appear on the screen.

I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.

The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.