Famed US author Toni Morrison dies aged 88

Tributes are pouring in for US author Toni Morrison, who died on Monday evening aged 88, we learned yesterday. She was a famed novelist — with books including Beloved, Song of Solomon, and The Bluest Eye — as well as an essayist, playwright, and teacher. She received multiple awards throughout her life, including the Pulitzer prize, the Nobel prize, the Légion d’Honneur and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Perhaps most importantly, she was a strong and iconic voice chronicling the African American experience.