"Nervous Conditions" by Tsitsi Dangarembga

"Nervous Conditions" by Tsitsi Dangarembga

I’ve had this book in my to-read pile since I started collecting African literature. It’s an interesting read, and I highly recommend it to those interested in women’s literature from Africa. I certainly would use this book if I taught an African...
The Red Pencil

The Red Pencil

This novel in verse by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award Winner Shane W. Evans, is in some ways a Sudanese version of Out of the Dust by Karen Hess. The parallels are numerous: loss so great it’s unbearable, including the loss of a...
Love Lions Alive

Love Lions Alive

Love Lions Alive http://lovelionsalive.co.za/ This project is founded at Glenn Garriff Lion Reserve in the Orange Free State in South Africa. On our student trips to South Africa, we stay on this farm, meet Andi Rive, and get to meet the lions. See more on this post....
I Write What I Like

I Write What I Like

” The most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” – Steve Biko As is obvious by earlier posts, I hold Steve Biko in hero status as high as almost any other man or woman I’ve studied. I Write What I Like is a...
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