Head of Zeus
The original African Writers Series was launched in 1962 with the publication of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Cyprian Ekwensi’s Burning Grass and Kenneth Kaunda’s Zambia Shall Be Free, with Achebe himself acting as an editorial advisor. Over the next 40 years, the series continued to publish the best writing from across the African continent.
One of the founding aims of the series was to make books by African writers available to as wide a readership as possible. Apollo Africa – a collaboration between Black Star Books and Head of Zeus is proud to continue this work, ensuring novels, essays, poetry and plays from the original series are once again made available to readers all over the world.
“One of the greatest writers of our time.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o author of Homecoming
“Her name deserves to be embedded in our literary history.”
Bernardine Evaristo on Buchi Emecheta author of The New Tribe
“Sozaboy is not simply a great African novel, it is also a great anti-war novel, among the very best the twentieth century has produced.”
William Boyd
“No other writer has Soyinka’s unique positioning in the political and cultural life of his nation.”
Ben Okri on The Interpreters
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