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Marking International Women’s Day, the African Library highlights novels written by female African writers dealing with the topic of polygamy. The highlight looks at this topic from four different perspectives: human rights, religion, law, and health.

Our latest archival collection is now available for consultation in the African Library. Explore the research collection of Ton Dietz, former ASCL Director, on his favourite spot in Africa: Pokot in Kenya. Pokot residents gave Dietz the name Ilat, or ‘thunder and lightning’.

On 15 March 1959, Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri was born. He is considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize, making him the prize's youngest winner at 32.