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Category: African Women Writers

August 21, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

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

July 15, 2014February 17, 2015 Kinna

Jerome reviews Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather

March 12, 2014February 17, 2015 Kinna

Jerome reviews Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen

March 4, 2014 Kinna

‘Meet the Writers’, ‘Paroles de Femmes’ Exhibition and The Afro Soul Concert to Celebrate International Women’s Day

March 1, 2014March 1, 2014 Kinna

Call for Submissions: The 6th Regional Residency for African Women Writers

February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 Kinna

Forthcoming: Far from My Father by Véronique Tadjo

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 Kinna

To be read: Dust, Indigo, Queer African Reader, and Foreign Gods, Inc.

February 18, 2014 Kinna

Creative Writing Master Class with Yewande Omotoso, March 8th in Accra

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 Kinna

Jalada Africa’s ‘Sketch of a Bald Woman in the Semi-Nude and Other Stories’

February 13, 2014February 14, 2014 Kinna

Review: Africa in Contemporary Perspective: A Textbook for Undergraduate Students

January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 Kinna

Etisalat Prize Announces Inaugural Shortlist

November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 Kinna

Five Recommended Short Story Collections by Ghanaian Writers

September 19, 2013 Kinna

The 2nd African Women in Film Forum meets in Accra, September 23 – 25, 2013 and there’ll be writers!

September 3, 2013September 3, 2013 Kinna

Introduction to African Women Writers: A List for A Reader

September 1, 2013September 1, 2013 Kinna

Boakyewaa Glover launches The Justice

August 14, 2013 Kinna

Nana Darkoa Reviews Yewande Omotoso’s Bom Boy

July 9, 2013July 10, 2013 Kinna

On Bessie Head’s Tales of Tenderness and Power

July 8, 2013August 14, 2013 Kinna

Welcome to Bessie Head Week: July 6 – 12, 2013

July 7, 2013July 7, 2013 Kinna

‘For Bessie Head’ by Ama Ata Aidoo

July 6, 2013July 8, 2013 Kinna

On finding and losing Bessie Head

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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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