Novelist

Born on this day in 1775, Jane Austen challenged the sexism of her time - and made a living in the process “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.

The life and work of one of Africa's most celebrated writers...“There was a writer named Chinua Achebe… in whose company the prison walls fell down.” Nelson Mandela Chinua Achebe was born on the 16th November, 1930.