Luke writes, “Earlier this year, I signed a contract with Weidenfeld & Nicolson (an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group) to write a non-fiction book on pre-colonial African history and the traditional cultures of sub-Saharan African societies. Slated to come out in October 2023, the book- ’Motherland: 500,000 Years of African History, Cultures and Identity‘ explores the deeper past of African peoples; it looks beyond the histories of slavery and colonialism to provide a fresh perspective on the continent’s cultures and their developments.”