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Africa

On identity, poetry, diaspora and Afropessimism—Kweku Abimbola in conversation with Sreddy Yen

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024Sreddy YenLeave a Comment on On identity, poetry, diaspora and Afropessimism—Kweku Abimbola in conversation with Sreddy Yen

Gambia-born poet Kweku Abimbola, whose award-winning first collection of poetry Saltwater Demands a Psalm was published by Graywolf Press in…

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Gandhi as heir of Rhodes? A reassessment of the Mahatma as an Afro-Asian prophet

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019Adekeye Adebajo2 Comments on Gandhi as heir of Rhodes? A reassessment of the Mahatma as an Afro-Asian prophet

Adekeye Adebajo addresses the once-unthinkable question ‘Was Gandhi a racist?’, as the 150th anniversary of his birth is celebrated. 1….

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‘Historical fiction is a way of fighting rootlessness’—Ayesha Harruna Attah discusses her new novel The Hundred Wells of Salaga

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018Jennifer Malec1 Comment on ‘Historical fiction is a way of fighting rootlessness’—Ayesha Harruna Attah discusses her new novel The Hundred Wells of Salaga

Ayesha Harruna Attah’s new novel, The Hundred Wells of Salaga, has just been published by Cassava Republic Press. She chatted…

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