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Apr 20, 2022

Reading Africa

An A-Z guide to reading literature from Africa — I started this list as an exercise in a Contemporary African Literature class for my MA in African Studies at SOAS. I was interested in finding out how many African countries I have read a book from and how many I am yet to read from. A few years ago…

Africa

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Africa

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Dec 12, 2021

My Most Anticipated Reads of 2022

With each new year, there’s the excitement for readers all over for the new books from some of their favourite writers. I haven’t done such a list in a long while but a friend nudged me on Twitter and I actually found myself writing one. …

Books

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My Most Anticipated Reads of 2022
My Most Anticipated Reads of 2022
Books

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Jan 15, 2020

The Language of Grief

A Review of Yiyun Li’s ‘Where Reasons End’ (or brief notes on grief) — It is difficult trying to reason with grief. It is even more difficult to find a language to write about something as stubborn and obstinate as the process of grieving the loss of a loved one. What words do we use? Which language do we resort to? …

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The Language of Grief
The Language of Grief
Book Review

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Jan 8, 2020

My 12 Favourite Reads of 2019

A list of books I enjoyed reading in 2019 — This list is coming a little too late — as we are already in 2020 — but I promised I would publish it, if not for anything else but for self-accountability. I was going to limit it to 10 but two books sneaked it at the last moment. …

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My 12 Favourite Reads of 2019
My 12 Favourite Reads of 2019
Books

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Jan 7, 2020

Love, Longing and Heartbreak in Manchester.

A Review of Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s ‘Manchester Happened’. — There is a bold mastery with which the Ugandan novelist and short story writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi writes that certainly places her as one of the most exciting writers presently creating work. It has also positioned her among the most important or best African writers of all time despite having…

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Love, Longing and Heartbreak in Manchester
Love, Longing and Heartbreak in Manchester
Books

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