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African authors Book Reviews 

The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré: Unforgettable

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 BookerTalk 29 Comments Abi Dare, Nigerian authors

The Girl With The Louding Voice is a powerful debut novel about the plight of forced marriages and domestic slavery in Nigeria, told through the eyes of an unforgettable young girl

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African authors Book Reviews Man Booker Prize 

Disgrace by J M Coetzee : Darkness in new South Africa

December 11, 2019August 20, 2020 BookerTalk 23 Comments j m coetzee, Man Booker Prize, South african literature

If ever proof was needed that it’s possible to have a thoroughly distasteful and objectionable protagonist and yet be totally

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African authors Book Reviews Non fiction 

Heart-rending Homage To A Devoted Mother [review]

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 BookerTalk 19 Comments African authors, Book Reviews, Rwanda, Scholastique Mukasonga

The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga Scholastique Mukasonga’s parents and siblings were victims of the hatred directed towards members of

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African authors Kenyan authors 

No snowflakes in the torture chamber

July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 Edward Colley 4 Comments Human rights, Pen International, Writers in prison

‘We don’t want to hear it’ is a cry shared by over-sensitive souls and despots In these days of hurt

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African authors Book Reviews 

The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda [bookreview]

June 10, 2018April 10, 2020 BookerTalk 12 Comments Zakes Mada

The world of literature abounds with tales of love triangles but I’ve never before come across one involving rivalry for

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