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October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Kinna

Happening Soon: Pa Gya and #Akefest18

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Kinna

Happening Soon: Pa Gya and #Akefest18

July 19, 2018October 14, 2018 Kinna

Short Commentary on The End of Days, Far From My Father, and Maid in SA

July 10, 2018October 14, 2018 Kinna

Six Degrees of Separation, From Tales of the City to Nervous Conditions

June 6, 2018July 19, 2018 Kinna

Short Reviews of a Kang, a Clemmons and a Manyika

May 7, 2018July 10, 2018 Kinna

Six Degrees of Separation, From The Poisonwood Bible to Ghana Must Go

May 2, 2018June 6, 2018 Kinna

A Year-to-Date Reading Report and Plans for May

April 28, 2018May 7, 2018 Kinna

Currently: I’m up for the #Readathon

April 25, 2018May 2, 2018 Kinna

“Wrong Number Number Two” by Ama Ata Aidoo #PoetryMonth

April 24, 2018April 25, 2018 Kinna

“The Banquet” by Wana Udobang #PoetryMonth

April 23, 2018April 24, 2018 Kinna

“Oughta Be A Woman” by June Jordan #PoetryMonth

April 20, 2018April 23, 2018 Kinna

“Bathing in Lake Victoria” by Ngwatilo Mawiyoo #PoetryMonth

April 19, 2018April 23, 2018 Kinna

“Our Mother Died Expecting” by Efe Paul Azino #PoetryMonth

April 18, 2018April 20, 2018 Kinna

“2 Pelicans” by Ali Cobby Eckermann #PoetryMonth

April 17, 2018April 19, 2018 Kinna

“This Zinc Roof” by Kei Miller #PoetryMonth

April 16, 2018April 28, 2018 Kinna

“Mathematician” by Poetra Asantewa #PoetryMonth

April 12, 2018April 16, 2018 Kinna

“The Afternoon Sun” by C. P. Cavafy #PoetryMonth

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 Kinna

“Who Said It Was Simple” by Audre Lorde #PoetryMonth

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 Kinna

“My Mother in Three Photographs” by Susan Kiguli #PoetryMonth

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 Kinna

“Kumukanda” by Kayo Chingonyi. #PoetryMonth

April 8, 2018April 9, 2018 Kinna

“May This be a House of Joy” by Lucille Clifton #PoetryMonth

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Kinna

Lifelong reader. I read mostly fiction. I enjoy world literature. I’m partial to women writers, especially African women writers. Here, you'll find commentary on novels, short stories and poems. In Accra, Ghana. Contact me at kinnareads at gmail dot com. Host of Africa Reading Challenge.

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