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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.
February 16, 2015March 1, 2015 Kinna

Jalada’s ‘Afrofuture(s)’ and The Jalada Prize

February 12, 2015June 9, 2015 Kinna

“September, 2053” by Nana Nyarko Boateng

February 4, 2015June 9, 2015 Kinna

A Reading List for @SorayaSpeaks

January 25, 2015October 20, 2015 Kinna

2015 Africa Reading Challenge

November 14, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

Here are the Winners of the 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes

October 10, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

Additions to the Stack from The Book Trust

September 3, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

“1994” by Lucille Clifton

September 2, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

Top 10s: Books I Really Want To Read But Don’t Own Yet

August 30, 2014 Kinna

On Writers and Honorifics

August 27, 2014September 4, 2014 Kinna

“Yaa” by Nana Nyarko Boateng

August 26, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

Jerome Reviews Alifa Rifaat’s Distant View of a Minaret

August 21, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

Notes on Okwiri Oduor’s ‘My Father’s Head’

August 16, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

Link Gems : Kahora on writing, anti-Oppressive SFF, typos and other things of interest

August 1, 2014August 4, 2014 Kinna

Top 10s: Authors whose Books Overrun My Shelves

July 15, 2014February 17, 2015 Kinna

Jerome reviews Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather

July 13, 2014 Kinna

Wole Soyinka At 80

July 9, 2014 Kinna

A Stack of Twenty-Two Books Seeking Attention

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 Kinna

“We promise we shall build the new cities over your bodies” – Kofi Awoonor. It’s his birthday!

March 12, 2014February 17, 2015 Kinna

Jerome reviews Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen

March 12, 2014 Kinna

Call for Applications: Creative Non-Fiction Workshop for African Women

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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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