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Awards

Read an excerpt from What Is Africa to Me? by Guadeloupean author Maryse Condé, winner of the ‘alternative Nobel’ literature prize

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018The JRBLeave a Comment on Read an excerpt from What Is Africa to Me? by Guadeloupean author Maryse Condé, winner of the ‘alternative Nobel’ literature prize

A giant of black feminist writing and thought, Maryse Condé was recently awarded the New Academy Prize in Literature, a…

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Fear and loathing in Bordeaux: Race and the French myth in Marie NDiaye’s My Heart Hemmed In

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017Efemia ChelaLeave a Comment on Fear and loathing in Bordeaux: Race and the French myth in Marie NDiaye’s My Heart Hemmed In

Efemia Chela reviews Marie NDiaye’s newly translated masterpiece My Heart Hemmed In, a mixture of literary fiction, psychological thriller and…

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