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Adelaida de Juan
Amatoritsero Ede
Ambrose Musiyiwa
Andie Miller
Anton Krueger
Bridget McNulty
Chiedu Ezeanah
Chris Mlalazi
Chuma Nwokolo
Clara Ndyani
David Chislett
Elleke Boehmer
Emma Dawson
Esiaba Irobi
Helon Habila
Ike Okonta
James Currey
Janis Mayes
Jimmy Rage
Jumoke Verissimo
Kobus Moolman
Mary G. Berg
Molara Wood
Monica de Nyeko
Nana Hammond
Nourdin Bejjit
Olamide Awonubi
Ramonu Sanusi
Rich. Ugbede. Ali
Sefi Attah
Uzo Maxim Uzoatu
Vahni Capildeo
Veronique Tadjo

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   Rudolf Okonkwo
   Tolu Ogunlesi
   Yomi Ola
   Molara Wood

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	Monica Arac de Nyeko with Molara Wood	When it was published it was all right. It was when it won the Caine Prize that everyone sort of said: So, you’ve written this thing!
he thought that he would be praised for having published Chinua Achebe when nobody knew him… “Oh, young Achebe doing the broadcasting… has he already had a novel published in London?” these were British people saying this, you know, they did not believe an African could live up to the standard of a supposedly eminent publishing house…	James Currey with Nourdin Bejjit
	Emma Dawson with	Dawson: N ow, this is interesting because it seems that feminine writing is quite strong in Uganda… : they have this FEMRITE... So they’re dominating your anthology are they? Dawson: Yes, female authors are, although I have some… : Token men? Probably have to set up an association for them… Dawson: (laughs) MANRITE…
You find that Nigerian readers know more about American and English literature than they do about literature from Benin republic, or Senegal, just because of the language gap. This is an area that our local publishers need to look into, there is a potential market there	Helon Habila with Ramonu Sanusi
	Veronique Tadjo with Janis A. Mayes	I am appalled at the state of our cities... You can have luxury residences next to shanty towns. Look at Cape Town in South Africa, for example. It is such a beautiful place! Yet as you arrive, and from the airport, you are immediately faced by Khayelitsha, the biggest slum in the whole country. And what about Ajegunle in Lagos?