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November 24, 2015November 24, 2015Kinna

My 27-Book Haul from @AkeFestival #AkeFest15

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015Kinna

#AkeFest15 Day 2: School Visits, meeting folks and books!

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015Kinna

“There are stories” by Nana Nyarko Boateng

November 17, 2015November 18, 2015Kinna

Currently: Heading to the Ake Arts and Book Festival

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015Kinna

“Power” by Audre Lorde

November 13, 2015November 13, 2015Kinna

“A Falling” by Ama Ata Aidoo

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015Kinna

Tram 83 and The Fisherman among nine books named on longlist for 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature

November 11, 2015November 8, 2015Kinna

I’m startled by this image ….

November 8, 2015November 8, 2015Kinna

African Poets, the Brunel University Prize and the Sillerman Prize are open for submissions.

November 4, 2015November 4, 2015Kinna

We’ve lost Lauretta Ngcobo

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015Kinna

“I Want You to Know” by Micere Githae Mugo

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015Kinna

“Now” by Audre Lorde

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015Kinna

“for the range of his sympathy”

October 20, 2015October 29, 2015Kinna

Mr. Loverman, by Bernardine Evaristo

October 17, 2015October 17, 2015Kinna

Marlon James, the 2015 Man Booker Prize Winner

October 14, 2015October 10, 2015Kinna

“the lost women” by Lucille Clifton

October 9, 2015October 10, 2015Kinna

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

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015Kinna

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

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015Kinna

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

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015Kinna

Currently : Finding my way back here

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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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