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"Africa "

April 27, 2013

The Intersection of Foreign and Familiar: Taiye Selasi’s Debut, Ghana Must Go

Even before Ghana Must Go was released this March, the publishing industry was abuzz about the prospects for Taiye Selasi’s debut novel. Selasi’s tale, about the complicated dynamics in an immigrant family, covers territory that will be both familiar and completely foreign to many readers.

December 9, 2011

An Introduction to The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith

Beloved author Alexander McCall Smith welcomes us into the fantastic world of Precious Ramotswe and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

December 6, 2011

Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe and a Story of Africa

Chinua Achebe is one of the most distinguished voices in African literature. As Kwame Anthony Appiah, a contemporary philosopher and cultural theorist, states, “For so many readers around the world, it is Chinua Achebe who opened up the magic casements of African fiction.” Moreover, Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart “may well be Africa's best-loved novel.”