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Tag: African Poets

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017Kinna

For #InternationalWomensDay: “On Reading Jackie Kay” by Ama Ata Aidoo

November 8, 2015November 8, 2015Kinna

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

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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