Manu Herbstein

2050. The global village has disintegrated. The Third World War, ending in a stalemate, has left the planet split between two hostile powers, each with a captive sphere of influence. Th...

“Karatu, farkonka madaci, karshenka zuma.” (Study is difficult but the rewards are great.) Akosua Annan is a confident and fiercely intelligent student at a posh school in Cape Coast...

Manu Herbsteins short tale is a political logbook of the days following Michelle Obamas inauguration as the first female president of the United States. Having been catapulted to the preside...

Ama is an enslaved African woman. In Brazil, old and ill, she is determined that the story of her life shall survive for future generations. Her story is one of violence and heartache, but also of cou...

“I am a human being; I am a woman; I am a black woman; I am an African. Once I was free; then I was captured and became a slave; but inside me, I have never been a slave; inside me, here and h...

Sargrenti is the name by which Major General Sir Garnet Wolseley, KCMG (1833 – 1913) is still known in the West African state of Ghana. Kofi Gyan, the 15-year old boy who spits in Sargrenti&r...