Akin Ajayi is a British-Nigerian-Israeli writer, co-founder of the Tel Aviv Review of Books.
The Frankfurter Buchemesse, the International Book Fair, gave Akin Ajayi the opportunity to think about Staatsräson and Germany’s strategic relationship with Israel. It turns out there was much to read between the lines …
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's fourth novel, a psychological thriller focusing on an Israeli family living in Silicon Valley, is further evidence of her prescience in first identifying then concatenating Israeli social dilemmas into personal morality plays.
A new novel satirizing the travails of an Israeli in West Africa may make sense to local readers but risks missing the point in translation.
An intimate conversation with the acclaimed Israeli filmmaker.
A new biography of Yitzhak Rabin serves up a stirring story of service to the nation. But since this is settled fact, what else might it contribute to the bigger picture? Akin Ajayi reads between the lines to find out.
An interview with Jessica Cohen, who was awarded, together with David Grossman, the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for her translation of his book "A Horse Walks into a Bar."