Eastern Africa

In Uganda, even the dancefloor is politically contentious. The Nyege Nyege Festival and the Hakuna Kulala label provide the soundtrack for cosmopolitan Africa

How Susan Murabana inspires Kenya’s children with astrophysics and the wonders of the starry sky

Persecution, prison, exile: Life has moved fast for the Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi since her parents died. So much has changed that she she’s catching up with the past. A farewell letter to Mummy and Daddy.

Almost thirty years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, victims and perpetrators have found a refuge in Belgium. For many, a new beginning is hard to imagine

In his books, Abdulrazak Gurnah takes a close-up look at life under colonial rule - and probes both his East African roots and his British homeland. A conversation

The author Musa Okwonga hasn’t looked back on his decision to leave his home country Great Britain. On a life between Eton College, day-to-day life in Berlin and memories of Uganda

Is there something to be learned from traveling? South African writer Lerato Mogoatlhe has traveled to thirty African countries – and learned a lot about herself in the process

Corrupt authorities and violence bring the people of Lake Victoria to the brink of ruin

How to write about genocide: Scholastique Mukasonga reflects on her mother’s story to chart Rwanda’s troubled history.

From a Somalian childhood to reading books in Paris and writing in Germany: On why I had to learn a foreign language to express myself freely

Homo sapiens are not the only ones who can observe and learn. Jane Goodall recalls her research on Chimpanzees in Tanzania

Auma Obama is a German scholar, sociologist, author - and Barack Obama’s sister. She doesn’t like to discuss her famous brother, preferring to talk about her work between Germany and Kenya