Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah etched her name into the annals of history on Friday after being sworn in as the first woman president ...

Three children’s book authors held storytime for a crowd of over 1,000. The event comes as a response to the Waterloo ...

Since its founding, Books for Africa has collected and donated nearly 3,500 books to schools across the continent and raised ...

The play about the late former wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first Black president, is adapted from the novel “The Cry of Winnie Mandela ... be a doctor and found she had given birth to a ...

Charlotte Akoto, owner of Divine Appetite Cafe in West Chester, once gave Julia Child a baking lesson. Here's her story.

Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986.

Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles, fiction and nonfiction, to consider for your March reading list.

In South Africa, a child's future is often shaped before they even enter a classroom. Despite the government's plans to ...

Vincenzo Latronico’s slender volume captures a culture of exquisite taste, tender sensitivities, and gnawing discontent.

High school reading assignments in Higley Unified School District led to one teacher's suspension and another being investigated by Gilbert police.

Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind ...