Day: March 31, 2024

Woven with Brown Thread – Book Recommendation

African Literature has been a phenomenon since Chinua Achebe graced the world with the famous trilogy that encompasses Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God. Usually, themes of Colonialism, Liberation, Nationalism, Tradition, Displacement and Rootlessness are the ones mostly explored. It is 2022, we have a plethora of authors, novelists and poets who have since explored a myriad of themes that are based on African culture, the society and what it entails.

Written By Diile Neenah Molapo

African Literature has been a phenomenon since Chinua Achebe graced the world with the famous trilogy that encompasses Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God. Usually, themes of Colonialism, Liberation, Nationalism, Tradition, Displacement and Rootlessness are the ones mostly explored. It is 2022, we have a plethora of authors, novelists and poets who have since explored a myriad of themes that are based on African culture, the society and what it entails.

Woven with Brown Thread is book of poems compiled, edited and curated by Upile Chisala. Upile is a storyteller, sociologist and activist from Malawi. She is the author of two books of poetry and this was all before Woven with Brown Thread came into being.

An outstanding trait from her biography is that she hopes to tell stories from the margins and through her work help others and herself come to terms with pasts, celebrate presents and confidently dream beautiful futures, which is what we believe this book of poetry represents.