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Category: African Women Writers

June 21, 2013February 17, 2015 Kinna

A Celebration of Bessie Head and her Work: July 6-12, 2013

May 30, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘My Abebà’ by Ribka Sibhatu

May 25, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘Ugly’ by Warsan Shire

May 24, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘won’t you celebrate with me’ by Lucille Clifton

May 19, 2013May 19, 2013 Kinna

Yari Yari Ntoaso: Veronique Tadjo, Doreen Baingana to speak at Closing Plenary

May 17, 2013 Kinna

Yari Yari Ntoaso: Day 2, GhanaLit, YA Lit, Emerging Writers and Readings!

May 16, 2013 Kinna

Yari Yari Ntoaso Begins Today, Angela Davis to Speak at Opening Plenary

May 5, 2013June 8, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘Stank with Sweat’ by Nana Nyarko Boateng

May 2, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

Yari Yari Ntoaso: Continuing the Dialogue – An International Conference on Literature by Women of African Ancestry

April 23, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

Save the Date: Yari Yari Ntoaso, May 16-19 2013, Accra, Ghana

April 9, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/ 21 Poems: Jolademi by Lola Shoneyin

April 8, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/ 21 Poems: Under and Over by Shailja Patel

March 21, 2013June 8, 2013 Kinna

As Though Exiled From Myself

March 13, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

#AWDFbookslam

January 11, 2012January 12, 2012 Kinna

African Roar 2011: “Longing for Home” by Hajira Amla

January 10, 2012October 20, 2015 Kinna

Opening Spaces, edited by Yvonne Vera

December 27, 2011January 17, 2012 Kinna

Mini-Reviews at the End of 2011

December 22, 2011December 22, 2011 Kinna

Why haven’t I read a novel by Lindsey Collen?

December 13, 2011December 13, 2011 Kinna

African Roar 2011: A Writer’s Lot by Zukiswa Wanner

December 5, 2011December 6, 2011 Kinna

African Roar 2011: Main by NoViolet Bulawayo

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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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