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Features, Interviews, Series 2017/06/30

On Psychogeography and the Power of African Languages | Interview with Richard Oduor Oduku, 2017 Brunel Prize Shortlistee | By Gaamangwe Joy Mogami

Weeks ago, we announced that Africa in Dialogue had published an e-book of interviews with the ten poets shortlisted for the 2017 Brunel Poetry Prize. The interviews were conducted by the Website’s editor Gaamangwe Joy Mogami and were published in collaboration with Praxis Magazine. We are republishing a few of them. * Richard Oduor Oduku […]

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Sarah Waiswa’s Twitter Thread on African Women Photographers Is a Visual Fest

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Features 2019/02/18

The Home Manual | Ayodeji Oluwaseyi Isaac | Fiction

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Features 2019/02/18

Every Poem Needs Time to Breathe and Become | Interview with Echezonachukwu Nduka

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Features 2019/02/18

Abiku | Olowogboyega Olumuyiwa | Fiction

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  The tour guide had begun by saying, “Traditional African art is characterized by fear, that’s why most of our […]

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