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Alienation and the Death of Literature: A Conversation with E.C. Osondu

E.C. Osondu was born in Nigeria. He won the 2009 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, and he received his MFA from Syracuse University. He currently teaches at Providence College…

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Speculative Fiction and the Magic of African Literature: A Conversation with Stephen Embleton

Stephen was born in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is now a resident in Oxford, United Kingdom, after the 2022 James Currey Fellow at the African Studies Centre, Oxford University. His…

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South Africa’s Troubled History, and the Beacon of Redemption: A Conversation with Karen Jennings

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South Africa’s Troubled History and the Beacon of Redemption: A Conversation with Karen Jennings

Karen Jennings is a South African author, based at LEAP, Stellenbosch University. Her debut novel, Finding Soutbek, was shortlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for African Fiction. In 2014 her short story collection, Away from the Dead,…

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Traversing Cultures, Languages, and Islamic Spirituality: A Conversation with Leila Aboulela

Leila Aboulela is the author of five novels, Bird Summons, The Translator, a New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year; The Kindness of Enemies, Minaret, and Lyrics Alley,…

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Fictionalising History and Home: A Conversation with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Alberta, Canada. An alumnus of the International Writing Program…

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Igbo as Pioneer of the Universe: A Conversation with Kasimma

Kasimma is from Igboland. She is an alumnus of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Creative Writing Workshop. Her works have appeared on Guernica, Meetcute Podcast, The Puritan, Cinnabar Moth anthology, Native…

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Connecting Creativity and Criticism: A Conversation with Adewale Maja-Pearce

Adewale Maja-Pearce was born in London, England in 1953 and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, where he currently lives. He has a BA in History from the University College of…

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The Rise of a New Genre: A Conversation with T.L. Huchu

T. L. Huchu is a writer whose short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lightspeed, Interzone, AfroSF and elsewhere. He is the winner of a Nommo Award for African…

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Motive & African Writing: A Conversation with Soji Cole

Soji Cole is a Nigerian academic, playwright, film scriptwriter, and theatre practitioner. He has won the African Theatre Association (AfTA) Emerging Scholars Prize, and the International Federation for Theatre Research…

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An Endless Pursuit of a Perfect World

An Endless Pursuit of a Perfect World: A CONVERSATION WITH RASAQ MALIK GBOLAHAN Rasaq Malik Gbolahan is a graduate of the University of Ibadan. His chapbook, No Home In This…

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