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Brian Chikwava

 

Brian Chikwava

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I feel more like a vagrant, at turns, masquerading as a short story writer, novelist or musician.  I can not honestly say I'm this or that without immediately feeling like a charlatan.


 

But then, writing was just one of the many things I was good at.  Such as chess and Scrabble and oratory and singing and washing dishes.  In fact, I once boasted to a friend that I would be the very best dish-washer if I ever got a job in a restaurant. 

 

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

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Adaobi Nwaubani
Petina Gappah

 

Petina Gappah

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:  What separated you from Marxism?
 
PG: I grew up.

 

 

Soon after I started teaching African literature at Cave Hill, I realized that the best route to achieving this – in a context where my students had never heard an African language spoken, never knowingly heard African music, didn’t know that Africa had cities or roads or educated people – was to show them African films.

 

Jane Bryce

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Amatoritsero Ede

 Jane Bryce

 

   
       
   
       
 
       
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