Tayeb Salih

Dec 18, 2023 | arablit.org | Tayeb Salih |M. Lynx Qualey

Nonfiction Adil Babikir, Sudan, Tayeb Salih Introduced and translated by Adil Babikir“I was always fascinated by the river from my very early childhood”, Tayeb Salih once said. “And I think I somewhat understood what the river is trying to say.”That comes as no surprise.

Dec 4, 2023 | fivebooks.com | Tayeb Salih |Tembeka Ngcukaitobi |Etienne van Heerden |Daniel Hahn

For people who don’t know much about it, can you tell me a bit about African contemporary writing in general? I think that African writing has mostly been postcolonial. Perhaps it started with Chinua Achebe, who was writing in reaction to aspects of colonialism. That has been quite popular in African writing. Now, at this stage, African writing is moving away from that colonial theme.