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• ‘”It’s a passport!” my inner voice yells’. Review of Lola Akinmade Åkerström’s Due North

  By Africa in Words Guest on 15 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest:  Janet Remmington With Nigerian passport in hand, fifteen-year-old Lola crossed the Atlantic to study in the US.  The ‘little green book’ soon accumulated visas, each costing hundreds of dollars, as she took to traversing borders in different continents…. Read More ›

• Woe and Womb: A Review of Stay With Me by Ayòbámi Adébáyò

  By Africa in Words Guest on 7 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Sana Goyal   When asked about the seeds of her novel Stay With Me, Ayòbámi Adébáyò likes to tell the tale of how Yejide and Akin—two characters she created for a short story—persistently stayed in the corners of… Read More ›