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Tag: Bessie Head Week

July 9, 2013July 10, 2013 Kinna

On Bessie Head’s Tales of Tenderness and Power

July 6, 2013July 8, 2013 Kinna

On finding and losing Bessie Head

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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