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Africa

A novel of many dark nights and unrelenting mishaps—Shayera Dark reviews Bisi Adjapon’s Daughter in Exile

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023Shayera DarkLeave a Comment on A novel of many dark nights and unrelenting mishaps—Shayera Dark reviews Bisi Adjapon’s Daughter in Exile

Daughter in Exile by Bisi Adjapon is a pacy, character-driven novel that surveys the many burdens of living as an…

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Academic

Wole Soyinka vs Caroline Davis—The CIA Controversy by Adekeye Adebajo

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022Adekeye Adebajo2 Comments on Wole Soyinka vs Caroline Davis—The CIA Controversy by Adekeye Adebajo

In 2020, Caroline Davis, a British scholar, now based at England’s University College London, published the book African Literature and…

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Fiction

The anthology we have been waiting for: Panashe Chigumadzi reviews Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins

May 1, 2017May 1, 2017Panashe ChigumadziLeave a Comment on The anthology we have been waiting for: Panashe Chigumadzi reviews Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? Kathleen Collins Granta 2017 Black women as you have never seen them before, on screen…

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Fiction

All too exhilarating: Wamuwi Mbao reviews Naomi Alderman’s Baileys Prize-shortlisted sci-fi novel The Power

May 1, 2017July 2, 2017Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment on All too exhilarating: Wamuwi Mbao reviews Naomi Alderman’s Baileys Prize-shortlisted sci-fi novel The Power

Update: Naomi Alderman has since been announced as the winner of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction  The Power Naomi…

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Africa

The limits of counterfactual fiction: Percy Zvomuya reviews Bertène Juminer’s Bozambo’s Revenge and Michel Houellebecq’s Submission

May 1, 2017July 26, 2018Percy Zvomuya1 Comment on The limits of counterfactual fiction: Percy Zvomuya reviews Bertène Juminer’s Bozambo’s Revenge and Michel Houellebecq’s Submission

La Revanche de Bozambo / Bozambo’s Revenge Bertène Juminer Présence Africaine, 1968 (French ed.)/Three Continents Press, 1968 (English ed.) Submission…

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Africa

A knockout crime debut from Lagos: Ben Williams reviews Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist

May 1, 2017January 4, 2021Ben WilliamsLeave a Comment on A knockout crime debut from Lagos: Ben Williams reviews Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist

Easy Motion Tourist Leye Adenle Cassava Republic Press/Pan Macmillan South Africa 2016 1. On September 21st 2015, a Monday, a…

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Africa

All you need is luck: Jennifer Malec reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers

May 1, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on All you need is luck: Jennifer Malec reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers

Swing Time Zadie Smith Penguin Books 2016 Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue HarperCollins 2017 1. Zadie Smith’s new novel, Swing…

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Academic

Spectacular collisions of perspectives in Grace A Musila’s A Death Retold in Truth and Rumour: Kenya, Britain and the Julie Ward Murder

May 1, 2017May 2, 2017Makhosazana XabaLeave a Comment on Spectacular collisions of perspectives in Grace A Musila’s A Death Retold in Truth and Rumour: Kenya, Britain and the Julie Ward Murder

A Death Retold in Truth and Rumour: Kenya, Britain and the Julie Ward Murder Grace A Musila James Currey 2015…

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International

Facing up to a techno-feudal world: Richard Poplak reviews Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

May 1, 2017May 2, 2017Richard PoplakLeave a Comment on Facing up to a techno-feudal world: Richard Poplak reviews Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future Martin Ford Oneworld 2016 The robots are coming….

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