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Author: Kinna

I'm a bibliophile who reads and reviews international, contemporary and classic literary fiction. I'm partial to the works of African women writers.
November 4, 2015 Kinna

We’ve lost Lauretta Ngcobo

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Kinna

“I Want You to Know” by Micere Githae Mugo

October 22, 2015 Kinna

“Now” by Audre Lorde

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 Kinna

“for the range of his sympathy”

October 20, 2015October 29, 2015 Kinna

Mr. Loverman, by Bernardine Evaristo

October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 Kinna

Marlon James, the 2015 Man Booker Prize Winner

October 14, 2015October 10, 2015 Kinna

“the lost women” by Lucille Clifton

October 9, 2015October 10, 2015 Kinna

Svetlana Alexievich wins the 2015 Nobel in Literature, and I talk about the Prize

September 24, 2015 Kinna

Three mini book reviews – Reading with kids; The Justice; The History of Love

September 18, 2015 Kinna

Jerome Reviews The Political History of Ghana (1950-2013) by Dr Obed Yao Asamoah

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 Kinna

Currently : Finding my way back here

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 Kinna

“How We Forget” By Loyce Gayo

June 23, 2015June 23, 2015 Kinna

Two Additions to the Stack

June 21, 2015June 21, 2015 Kinna

ROY G BIV in Seven Books

June 15, 2015June 16, 2015 Kinna

My Maths Teacher Hates Me and Other Stories, Jalada’s new Flash Fiction Anthology

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Kinna

Aminatta Forna Among Seven Women Writers Nominated for the 2016 Neustadt Prize

June 11, 2015June 7, 2015 Kinna

A Suggested Reading List for Penny (and you)

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 Kinna

“What We Want” by Mary Oliver

June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 Kinna

Jerome Reviews The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates

May 26, 2015 Kinna

Currently : Getting ready for Abidjan, #AfDBAM2015 and #CSOForumAbidjan

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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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