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Uwem Akpan recommends 6 books with powerful lessons
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUwem Akpan. Courtesy Image Nigerian author Uwem Akpan is a professor at the University of Florida, a former Jesuit priest, and author of the story...
The Dangerous Quest for Identity
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - ILLUSTRATION by Marysia Machulska for TIME All humans ask themselves who they are, where they came from, and what is their identity. This quest...
Should African Author Ngugi wa Thiong'o Have Won The Nobel Prize For Literature?
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 decade agoIt's easy to see how the confusion might have arisen. Ngugi has dedicated his life to describing,...
Is India Still a Democracy? Political Prisoners Tell Their Stories
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months agoProtesters in New Delhi, India on April 30, 2017 demand the release of Professor G.N. Saibaba and...
Drama that shaped Ngũgĩ’s writing and activism comes home to Kenya
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto by Nikki Kahn/The The Washington Post via Getty ImagesAs Kenya marked its 59th anniversary of...
Nobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis year's Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of...
MoMA celebrates a ground-breaking Ivorian artist who drew a new language
Quartz· 2 years agoThis past week, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, became the first Ivorian artist to have his work showcased...
George Lamming, a giant of modern Caribbean writing, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeorge Lamming, a giant of post-colonial literature whose novels, essays and speeches influenced readers and peers in his native Barbados and around the world, has died at age 94. Along with ...
Barack Obama's Summer Reading List Features Some Of Africa’s Best Writers
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 years agoFormer President Barack Obama has released his annual summer reading recommendations, which...
Not Even A Nobel Prize Can Get Bob Dylan To Pick Up The Phone
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 8 years agoUPDATE: Oct. 20 ― Bob Dylan, or someone in his camp, has finally acknowledged his Nobel Prize win....
