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Black History Month 2025

We encourage you to read books by black authors all year long. Books mentioned on this episode: The Monsters We Defy by L. Penelop, Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey, The Silence of the Choir by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, translated by Alison Anderson, and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

#1 - Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Welcome to the first edition Handing Over the Mic, a new podcast series launching today (19 February) where influential voices from the Global South share their perspectives on Europe—its past, present and future. What does Europe look like from the outside? What narratives do people from regions o…

Episode 43: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Welcome to episode 43 of the Writing Africa podcast. Writing Africa is a project that celebrates writers of African descent, be it on the continent or the diaspora; this week's focus is on the award-winning novelist from Senegal, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Enjoy. Please remember that you can support our…

01. Terre Ceinte: What happens when terror reigns in a fictional African town

In this episode we dive into Terre Ceinte, the powerful novel by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr—an exploration of violence, freedom, and resistance in the face of extremism, an extremism too often, rightly or wrongly, associated with Islam. If you want to dive deeper into the haunting world of Terre Ceinte,…

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate - On The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Join us as we explore themes of identity, literature, class and sexuality in the Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.

John Keene on Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's The Most Secret Memory of Men

John Keene (winner of a 2018 Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction) talks with Prize Director Michael Kelleher about Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's 2021 Prix Goncourt-winning novel The Most Secret Memory of Men, the joys of a shaggy dog story, the power of the sublime, and the limits of knowledge. Reading lis…

Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan foray into the world of Russian lit to discuss the danger of categories, Death as the great equalizer, evaluation by the world’s economy, living & dying well, the paradoxical complexity of Tolstoy’s work, and whether stew is better on the second day.   What We’…

What We *Actually* Read This Summer

Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst. In episode 18, we’re talking about the books that have actually captured our attention this summer, and what we’re hoping to finish before summer ends. We talk about why we’ve both…

Off the Radar Books for Your TBRs!

Your next five-star read might be a book you’ve never heard of! This week on Well-Read & Unfiltered, we’re taking books off the radar and putting them onto your TBRs. From forgotten favorites to unread shelf residents we bought with the best intentions, we’re pitching books we wish we saw more ofte…