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Aretha Phiri, The Conversation

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Akwaeke Emezi: Ignore the noise, pay attention to the conversation

Their disagreement and the way it’s been portrayed raises age old questions. Who gets to represent Africa and what they are permitted to represent to the world?

Aretha Phiri, The Conversation
· Jul 16, 2021 · 05:30 pm
'In African crime fiction the heroes and villains often exchange roles or are complicit in some way’

Academician Sam Naidu on the relationship between the genre and the mind of Africa.

Aretha Phiri, The Conversation
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Sam Naidu, The Conversation
· Jun 26, 2020 · 07:34 pm
For a look at transgender spirituality through an African lens, read Akwaeke Emezi’s ‘Freshwater’

How Nigerian and African diaspora writers are speaking back to homophobia.

Aretha Phiri, The Conversation
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Rocío Cobo-Piñero, The Conversation
· Jun 24, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Lockdown reading: Eight novels from Africa offer reflections on disease, death and isolation

Selections by eight academicians from the continent.

Isabel Hofmeyr, The Conversation
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Aretha Phiri, The Conversation
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Grace Musila, The Conversation
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Manosa Nthunya, The Conversation
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Nedine Moonsamy, The Conversation
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Sam Naidu, The Conversation
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Sarah Nuttall, The Conversation
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Susan Kiguli, The Conversation
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Tom Odhiambo, The Conversation
· May 07, 2020 · 05:30 pm