HAPPY READING !

As this year draws to an end, this blog wishes to say a big HURRAY - Kudos - to the wonderful writers, male and female who have done so much fir exciting African Fiction over the decades. Many of them have of course been highlighted and celebrated here. A stupendous fact about African writing is the sheer volume, variety, quality and efflorescence of the produced work. Imagine for example that Achebe’s classic, Things Fall apart was published over 60 years ago!

In this blog of course we essentially focus on fine works produced by African writers that excite a lot, mystery, thrillers, detective books, as it were. Two writers in particular, Kalu Okpi, and Victor Thorpe have been outstanding. Theirs are works that African publishers should not be allowed to go out of print. Of course even in our modern era, writers like the brilliant Angela Makholwa, and Chief O. Bolaji continue to contribute to the detective genre. Gomolemo Mokae also wrote the thrilling amusing work of detective fiction, The Secret in my Bosom, not so long ago. We do not think it is a genre that should be undermined Actually for many decades many highbrow critics including self proclaimed ones have turned their noses on detective or mystery works, castigating even the pertinent language and prose. But really it is mainly tosh. Superb writers- renowned for writing Mystery Detective books over the decades include Dorothy Sayers, Dick Francis, among many others. The" literary " content of their works is unimpeachable, so what is the brouhaha about? Point is, in Africa we are very grateful for the "local" writers who wrote and published works that thrilled and intrigued countless of our readers over the decades... and long may it continue!