Behind the Words
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6 Episodes
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Season 1 • Episode 1 • 45m • TV-G
Featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun which was adapted into the feature film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandi Newton.
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Part 1)
Season 1 • Episode 2 • 45m • TV-G
Featuring Ngugi Wa'Thiongo (Part 1). The author shares the story behind his work including his imprisonment where he wrote the novel, Devil on the Cross on prison-issues toilet paper,
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Part 2)
Season 1 • Episode 3 • 45m • TV-G
Featuring Ngugi Wa'Thiongo (Part 2). The author shares the story behind his work including his imprisonment where he wrote the novel, Devil on the Cross on prison-issues toilet paper,
Benjamin Kwakye
Season 1 • Episode 4 • 45m • TV-G
Benjamin Kwakye is a Ghanaian novelist. The Clothes of Nakedness, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Africa, and was adapted for radio as a BBC Play of the Week.
Nnedi Okorafor
Season 1 • Episode 5 • 45m • TV-G
Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism for children and adults. Born in the US to Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnedi is known for weaving African culture into evocative settings.
Helon Habila
Season 1 • Episode 6 • 45m • TV-G
Helon Habila is a Nigerian novelist and poet, whose writing has won many prizes, including the Caine Prize in 2001. He worked as a lecturer and journalist in Nigeria before moving in 2002 to England.