The year 2022 promises to be an exciting one for black and African authors.
British author Bernadine Evaristo broke the glass ceiling in 2019 as the first black woman to win the Booker Prize, with her novel Girl, Woman, Other. Now comes her memoir titled Manifesto: On Never Giving Up, a candid and often humorous account of growing up as a biracial daughter in a family of eight siblings, sexual discoveries in her 20s and unwavering vision and persistence in trying to succeed the tough world of book publishing.
