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  • Sep 12, 2020
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    Soupvillain

    has anyone itt read Purple Hibiscus?

    Yes g. My least favourite of Ngozi Adichie, but still great . Half of a yellow sun is incredible.

  • Sep 12, 2020
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    Soupvillain

    has anyone itt read Purple Hibiscus?

    I have
    Great read, got me into Chimamanda's work.

  • iseeghosts

    Yes g. My least favourite of Ngozi Adichie, but still great . Half of a yellow sun is incredible.

    Ayee I'm about to read that one once I finish up Catch 22 and The night circus

  • Sep 13, 2020
    CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

    I have
    Great read, got me into Chimamanda's work.

    IN

  • Sep 15, 2020

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  • Sep 30, 2020
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    Reading the River between by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. It's a great read so far, and it's short so that helps too

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  • Oct 1, 2020
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    CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

    Reading the River between by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. It's a great read so far, and it's short so that helps too

    could use a quick read rn

  • Oct 1, 2020

  • Oct 1, 2020
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    Soupvillain

    could use a quick read rn

    It's about traditional customs in Africa Vs the religion brought by white people in the land.

  • Oct 2, 2020
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    CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

    It's about traditional customs in Africa Vs the religion brought by white people in the land.

    in

    NgΕ©gΔ© is such a powerful author, I think this should be a good read before I get to 'Decolonising the Mind' .. have you read that one?

  • Soupvillain

    in

    NgΕ©gΔ© is such a powerful author, I think this should be a good read before I get to 'Decolonising the Mind' .. have you read that one?

    Nah I haven't, but I do have Petals of blood and I'll probably check that one out next

  • Oct 6, 2020

    Really dying to read a good book on the Mali Empire

  • felli_varda ♦️
    Oct 6, 2020
    iseeghosts

    Yes g. My least favourite of Ngozi Adichie, but still great . Half of a yellow sun is incredible.

    Been Reading half of a yellow sun based on this post and damn this s*** fye af

    Good looks

  • Finished the River Between. Great read, wraps up like a meat little bow, and it's a quick read too. 4/5

  • Half of a yellow sun up neeext

  • Oct 14, 2020

    • Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan (w download links)

    jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjsmr

  • Oct 14, 2020
  • Oct 16, 2020

    978-0300198331 β€” 224 pages

  • Oct 21, 2020
    Soupvillain

    has anyone itt read Purple Hibiscus?

    happy to say my Purple Hibiscus read is going well so far

  • Oct 30, 2020

    Modernism, African Literature & the CIA

    loc.gov/item/webcast-6220


    an interesting discussion here; the CIA had a big role to play in the emergence of African writers during the 1960s era? the source of funding was kept a secret from the writers and institutions

    Cities of Affluence and Anger: A Literary Geography of Modern Englishness

  • Oct 30, 2020

    we are prepared to surrender our sovereignty in part or in total in pursuit of African unity

    β€” Kwame Nkrumah

  • Oct 30, 2020

    Gonna need to take a look at some of the pieces in here