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    5 Great Football Scenes in African Literature
    Featured
    11 July 2018

    5 Great Football Scenes in African Literature

    Soccer is all over African literature, but here are some of the most interesting scenes by African writers.

    AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #76: Teju Cole x Chief Boima
    Africa In Your Earbuds
    03 November 2016

    AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #76: Teju Cole x Chief Boima

    For our latest AIYE, Nigerian-American author Teju Cole and DJ Chief Boima showcase the West African & Caribbean sounds heard out in NYC.

    AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #64: TEJU COLE - 'ONE NIGHT IN LASGIDI'
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    07 July 2015

    AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #64: TEJU COLE - 'ONE NIGHT IN LASGIDI'

    NIgerian-American author Teju Cole curates the soundtrack to a night out in Lagos and shares the accompanying piece 'One Night In Lasgidi.'

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Co-Curates PEN World Voices Festival In NYC With Focus On African Literature
    Writing
    17 February 2015

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Co-Curates PEN World Voices Festival In NYC With Focus On African Literature

    The PEN World Voices Festival with a focus on African literature, co-curated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will take place May 4-10 in NYC.

    FOH: Jimmy Kimmel Has Kenyans Read Celebrity Tweets
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    01 February 2013

    FOH: Jimmy Kimmel Has Kenyans Read Celebrity Tweets

    Last night Jimmy Kimmel, clearly ignorant of Kenyan culture, live featured a segment 'Kenyans Read Celebrity Tweets.' Check out our critique.

    Deeper Than The Headlines: Africa's 1%, Mau Mau, and A Polemic Against NGOs
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    08 November 2012

    Deeper Than The Headlines: Africa's 1%, Mau Mau, and A Polemic Against NGOs

    Deeper Than The Headlines: Africa’s 1%, Mau Mau, A Polemic Against NGOs, Teju Cole on Twitter.

    Deeper Than The Headlines: Aluu 4, Herero Genocide, EU Nobel Prize + More
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    25 October 2012

    Deeper Than The Headlines: Aluu 4, Herero Genocide, EU Nobel Prize + More

    African news headlines including Aluu 4, Herero Genocide, EU Nobel Prize + More

    Summer Reading 2012
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    31 May 2012

    Summer Reading 2012

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