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February 19, 2015May 24, 2015 Kinna

“Freezing in Sunshine” by Ama Ata Aidoo

February 12, 2015June 9, 2015 Kinna

“September, 2053” by Nana Nyarko Boateng

September 3, 2014June 9, 2015 Kinna

“1994” by Lucille Clifton

August 27, 2014September 4, 2014 Kinna

“Yaa” by Nana Nyarko Boateng

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 Kinna

“We promise we shall build the new cities over your bodies” – Kofi Awoonor. It’s his birthday!

February 5, 2014February 6, 2014 Kinna

“Vacating an Apartment” by Agha Shahid Ali

January 12, 2014January 12, 2014 Kinna

A haiku by Kobayashi Issa as we start the New Year with January in Japan

November 5, 2013November 6, 2013 Kinna

“The thicker the woods, the vaster the vista: the Valley of Obviously.” – Utopia by Wislawa Symzborska

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 Kinna

Nikki Giovanni talks beer, reads ‘Quilts’ in Accra

September 4, 2013 Kinna

“my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell” by Gwendolyn Brooks

July 7, 2013July 7, 2013 Kinna

‘For Bessie Head’ by Ama Ata Aidoo

June 20, 2013June 20, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘Lagoon’ by Odia Ofeimun

June 14, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘Discovery’ by Olive Senior

May 30, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

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

May 28, 2013June 2, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘The Cry of the Bird” by Nimrod

May 27, 2013June 8, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: ‘Eclipse’ by Kwadwo Opoku-Agyemang

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 5, 2013June 8, 2013 Kinna

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

April 23, 2013April 24, 2013 Kinna

21 Days/21 Poems: “I Don’t Miss It” by Tracy K. Smith

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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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