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September 18, 2024

“This Grasping for Hope Walks with Us”

20.35 Africa Vol. VII, guest-edited by Kwame Opoku-Duku, is introduced by managing editor Precious Okpechi: “A sense of belonging permeates the poems in this anthology, an acceptance of one’s place in a flawed world.”
20.35 Africa
20.35 Africa, Volume 7

August 5, 2023

“Creating a New Tradition in African Poetry”

20.35 Africa Vol. VI, edited by Nick Makoha and Safia Jama, is introduced by the series’ managing editor Precious Okpechi: “The poets understand that history evolves with us.”
20.35 Africa
20.35 Africa Vol. VI

August 2, 2023

“The Quality of Mercy”

Following The Theory of Flight and The History of Man, the Windham Campbell Prize winner concludes her City of Kings trilogy: “Her unsolved murder made what he needed to do now very difficult.”
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
The Quality of Mercy by Siphiwe Ndlovu

March 9, 2023

“River Spirit”

The Women’s Prize-nominated and Caine Prize-winning author returns with her sixth novel, set in 1880s Sudan: “This is why she does not stop when she feels the sting. What sting?”
Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela - RIVER SPIRIT

January 17, 2023

“Black and Female”

The first essay collection from the PEN Pinter Prize winner and Booker Prize-nominated novelist: “That which is dead does not feel. We are not dead while we protest.”
Tsitsi Dangarembga
tsitsi dangarembga - BLACK AND FEMALE By Tsitsi Dangarembga

July 30, 2021

“Sankofa”

The third novel from the Nigerian sees a woman search for her father: “The man in the picture was the darkest tint in the human spectrum.”
Chibundu Onuzo
Chibundu Onuzo's Sankofa.

July 19, 2021

“We Once Belonged to the Sea”

In the Somali writer’s debut novel, a tense dynamic between a gifted reclusive lesbian artist and her punk hijabi protégé.
Diriye Osman
Diriye Osman - We Once Belonged to the Sea.

May 29, 2021

“Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race”

The Nigerian Polish writer, who lives in the UK, offers his experiences as a mixed-race person.
Remi Adekoya
Biracial Britain by Remi Adekoya.

May 29, 2021

“The Fugitives”

In the Sudanese author’s road trip novel, local music takes centre stage.
Jamal Mahjoub
The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub.

September 18, 2024

20.35 Africa, Volume 7

“This Grasping for Hope Walks with Us”

20.35 Africa Vol. VII, guest-edited by Kwame Opoku-Duku, is introduced by managing editor Precious Okpechi: “A sense of belonging permeates the poems in this anthology, an acceptance of one’s place in a flawed world.”
20.35 Africa

August 5, 2023

20.35 Africa Vol. VI

“Creating a New Tradition in African Poetry”

20.35 Africa Vol. VI, edited by Nick Makoha and Safia Jama, is introduced by the series’ managing editor Precious Okpechi: “The poets understand that history evolves with us.”
20.35 Africa

August 2, 2023

The Quality of Mercy by Siphiwe Ndlovu

“The Quality of Mercy”

Following The Theory of Flight and The History of Man, the Windham Campbell Prize winner concludes her City of Kings trilogy: “Her unsolved murder made what he needed to do now very difficult.”
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu

March 9, 2023

Leila Aboulela - RIVER SPIRIT

“River Spirit”

The Women’s Prize-nominated and Caine Prize-winning author returns with her sixth novel, set in 1880s Sudan: “This is why she does not stop when she feels the sting. What sting?”
Leila Aboulela

January 17, 2023

tsitsi dangarembga - BLACK AND FEMALE By Tsitsi Dangarembga

“Black and Female”

The first essay collection from the PEN Pinter Prize winner and Booker Prize-nominated novelist: “That which is dead does not feel. We are not dead while we protest.”
Tsitsi Dangarembga

July 30, 2021

Chibundu Onuzo's Sankofa.

“Sankofa”

The third novel from the Nigerian sees a woman search for her father: “The man in the picture was the darkest tint in the human spectrum.”
Chibundu Onuzo

July 19, 2021

Diriye Osman - We Once Belonged to the Sea.

“We Once Belonged to the Sea”

In the Somali writer’s debut novel, a tense dynamic between a gifted reclusive lesbian artist and her punk hijabi protégé.
Diriye Osman

May 29, 2021

Biracial Britain by Remi Adekoya.

“Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race”

The Nigerian Polish writer, who lives in the UK, offers his experiences as a mixed-race person.
Remi Adekoya

May 29, 2021

The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub.

“The Fugitives”

In the Sudanese author’s road trip novel, local music takes centre stage.
Jamal Mahjoub

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