BooksObituaryAhmadou KouroumaAfrican novelist who challenged the colonial language of FranceAhmadou Kourouma, who has died aged 76, was perhaps the most remarkable African novelist writing in French. He revised French ideas about Francophone policies, which had sought to justify colonialism by attempting to convert Africans and others into respectable speakers and writers of French, a civilised procedure far removed from exploitation. Instead, Kourouma used the language as he saw fit, and said what he wanted, irrespective of its syntax and other controls. Read More...
Top 10sFictionFrom Louisa May Alcott to Philip Roth and Michael Chabon, writers of fiction have long been fascinated by the dramas of their own trade
Writers writing about writers: the fact that there’s a lot of it about should perhaps come as no surprise. From the likes of Jack Torrance in The Shining to Paul Morris in Sabine Durrant’s Lie With Me, writers in fiction are often skewered: preening, blocked, dejected creatures who’ll receive their comeuppance – or salvation – one way or another. Read More...
Net Worth: $20 Million Tyreek Hill net worth: Tyreek Hill is an American professional football player who has a net worth of $20 million. He is most well known for his speed as a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Tyreek Hill was born in Lauderhill, Florida in March 1994. He is a wide receiver and return specialist who played at Coffee High School. Hill played his college football for Garden City Community College, Oklahoma State University, and West Alabama and was he Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year in 2014. Read More...
