Kololo Hill by Neema Shah — Unwanted and Betrayed
One of the most notorious events in recent African history is given a human face in Neema Shah’s debut novel
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African authors
The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah — rewriting a life from prison
My first taste of Petina Gappah’s fiction came via her short story collection, An Elegy for Easterly. Though short stories
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A General Theory Of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa – a world apart
The 48th book in my Reading Around The World Project, A General Theory Of Oblivion is a kaleidescopic novel covering
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African authors to watch?
The longlist for the annual Etisalat Prize for Literature has just been announced – this is a prize for first time authors
Read moreSnapshot May 2016
I could pretend that I was up at dawn to greet the first of May in the time honoured way,
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