Aminatta Forna

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"I think writers in the West have only just started to explore the possibilities of memoirs. I think it’s simply a matter of letting writers in Africa know about the possibilities of this genre. It’s very creative and intellectual; it still takes all your skills as a writer. Perhaps, even more – to hold your reader’s attention. You can’t be lazy about it because it’s true."

 ~ Aminatta Forna,

     Reminiscences

Essays & Reviews

Fiction

Poetry

Master Cameron, Master Johnson and Mr Hunt
A review of Bill Coles’ Dave Cameron’s Schooldays
By N Quentin Woolf,

SLQ Resident Reviewer

Writing in English on a Polyglotal Wall:
On Being an Anglophone Cameroonian Writer
By Wirndzerem G Barfee

The Birth of the Israeli State was my Birthday:
Reliving the Past through a Child’s Eye
By Ruth Tenne
 

Deep Night Winds
By Chimalum Nwankwo

His Father’s Eyes
By Hajira Amla
 

Interviews

Shakespeare in Mzansi: A South African Perspective
An interview with

Minky Schlesinger
By Tinashe Mushakavanhu

Reminiscences:

Interview with

Aminatta Forna
By Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike
 

Someone’s Daughter
By Ikechukwu Obialo Azuonye

Poets in Dialogue: Adage Adagio
By David Nettleingham and Christopher Hobday

Two Poems
By Mark Ley

Three Poems
By Yolanda Mabuto

Four Poems
By DJ McVey

Three Poems
Michael Brooks
 

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