Author Archives
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Q&A: Scholar-activist Kadija Sesay, on AfriPoeTree
AiW note: In 2016, writer, editor, academic, and publisher Kadija Sesay developed the ‘Modern Pan-Africanist’s Journey’ app as part of the Research and Development funding (UK) that she received from Arts Council England, for her second poetry book of the… Read More ›
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Review: Making Death Part of Daily Life – Véronique Tadjo’s ‘In The Company Of Men’
AiW note: Véronique Tadjo is a writer and painter from Ivory Coast. This year marks the release of her latest novel in translation, In the Company of Men: the Ebola Tales (with HopeRoad Publishing, first pub. En Compagnie des Hommes,… Read More ›
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Q&A: Véronique Tadjo – On opening up new possibilities with In the Company of Men
‘Brief and haunting, this makes for a timely testament to the destructive powers of pandemics’ – Publishers Weekly Véronique Tadjo is a writer and painter from Ivory Coast. This year marks the release of her latest novel in translation, In… Read More ›
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Q&A: Alexander Nderitu – trailblazing ‘When the Whirlwind Passes’ from digital to print
‘That great Kenyan novel will eventually come. Perhaps, it will even emerge online, like the novels of Alexander Nderitu.’ – Joyce Nyairo, cultural analyst, Daily Nation Alexander Nderitu is a Kenyan poet, novelist, and playwright and critic. He is also an arts analyst… Read More ›