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Six Degrees of Separation

#6degrees from the Congo to Uganda via a few bars

May 6, 2018April 17, 2020 BookerTalk 13 Comments Alain Mabanckou, Anthonia Hodgson, Charles Dickens, Dinaw Mengestu, Kingsley Amis, Zadie S

What links a novel about missionaries in the Belgian Congo with a military coup in Uganda?

African authors British authors South & Central American authors Top Ten Tuesday

10 under rated books

January 17, 2017September 13, 2017 BookerTalk 57 Comments Antonia Hodgson, Dinaw Mengestu, Donal Ryan, Jim Crace, Kwei Quartey, Machado de Assis, Michael Orthofer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Stanley Middleton, Yewande Omotoso

Which books deserve more attention? Here are 10 suggestions for ones to take a closer look at

African authors Book Reviews world literature

All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu

September 6, 2015 BookerTalk 14 Comments African authors, Dinaw Mengestu

In All Our Names, Dinaw Mengestu examines two familiar pillars of love and conflict but surrounds them with an exploration

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