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Joyfully encouraging you to critically engage with classic and contemporary (African) literatures🎙 Books & Rhymes: The Podcast - where books & music dialogue.

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Happening today!!! We will be discussing the genealogy of African feminist poet(s/ry) with @this_natalia, editor of the groundbreaking anthology, Wild Imperfections (cassavarepublic.biz/product/wild-i…) Join us today at 7pm GMT/ 8pm BST, here: Instagram.com/BooksAndRhymes

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🗣🗣 Issa live show with Mukoma wa Ngügi (Mukoma Wa Ngugi) on the 19th of November at Libreria London! Don’t miss our immersive sonic experience of Mukoma’s utterly sublime novel, Unbury Our Dead with Song. Get your ticket here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-live-podca…

🗣🗣 Issa live show with Mukoma wa Ngügi (<a href="/MukomaWaNgugi/">Mukoma Wa Ngugi</a>) on the 19th of November at <a href="/LibreriaLondon/">Libreria London</a>!

Don’t miss our immersive sonic experience of Mukoma’s utterly sublime novel, Unbury Our Dead with Song.

Get your ticket here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-live-podca…
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I had the absolute BEST time yesterday at Brixton Library discussing the practicalities of decolonising the bookshelf with Prof Joan Anim-Addo, Dr Deborah Osbourne and Khadija Sesay. Thank you Quercus Books for making it happen

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We are pleased to present to you the Prize’s Audio Collection, available here: caineprize.com/media-1 It includes recordings from podcasts with previously shortlisted authors, judges & with the Chair of the Prize, along with links to stories when available. Enjoy🔊🌟📖

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Curious about what goes on behind the scenes of a literary translation? Then why not attend this workshop with @RuthAhmedzai Try your hand at translating passages from the original German into English and talk with Kemp about her work! ucl.ac.uk/european-langu…

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Listen to Elnathan John’s narration of the audiobook edition of Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s novel Unbury Our Dead with Song. Also: join me tomorrow, Friday 19th of Nov in conversation with Mukoma. Details here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-live-podca…

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Excited to announce that tonight’s live show with Mukoma wa Ngügi is sold out 💥🔥 Our audience are in for a sonically immersive experience of Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s latest novel, Unbury Our Dead With Song, which I highly recommend you purchase.

Excited to announce that tonight’s live show with Mukoma wa Ngügi is sold out 💥🔥

Our audience are in for a sonically immersive experience of <a href="/MukomaWaNgugi/">Mukoma Wa Ngugi</a>’s latest novel, Unbury Our Dead With Song, which I highly recommend you purchase.
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Last night’s live recording of da poddy was a dream! Huge thanks Mukoma Wa Ngugi for the generous dose of laughter, unforgettable stories, and music… Cassava Republic for consistently feeding our imagination with rich texts… & Libreria London for a stellar venue.

Last night’s live recording of da poddy was a dream!

Huge thanks <a href="/MukomaWaNgugi/">Mukoma Wa Ngugi</a> for the generous dose of laughter, unforgettable stories, and music…

<a href="/CassavaRepublic/">Cassava Republic</a> for consistently feeding our imagination with rich texts…

&amp; <a href="/LibreriaLondon/">Libreria London</a> for a stellar venue.
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Huge congratulations, Nana. The US edition is GORGEOUS!! I’m legging it to online shops to get my copy in addition to my UK edition.

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Still can’t believe I was able to find a first edition copy of this extremely rare ‘Festac Anthology of Nigerian Writing’, edited by Cyprian Ekwensi. 😱😱 Won’t He do it! 💃🏾💃🏾

Still can’t believe I was able to find a first edition copy of this extremely rare ‘Festac Anthology of Nigerian Writing’, edited by Cyprian Ekwensi. 😱😱

Won’t He do it! 💃🏾💃🏾
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Had the pleasure of spending the evening listening to an utterly illuminating conversation between Ekow Eshun & Marlon James in celebration of the launch of #MoonWitchSpiderKing at the Southbank Centre 🙌🏾

Had the pleasure of spending the evening listening to an utterly illuminating conversation between <a href="/EkowEshun/">Ekow Eshun</a> &amp; <a href="/MarlonJames5/">Marlon James</a> in celebration of the launch of #MoonWitchSpiderKing at the <a href="/southbankcentre/">Southbank Centre</a> 🙌🏾
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I’m giving away 2 FREE tickets to Ballet Black’s incredible tribute to Nina Simone tomorrow at York Theatre Royal. Saw them at Stratford in May & they were awe-mazing. Booked ticket to see them again, but enemies of progress won’t let me prosper. DM if you want. yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/ballet-bl…

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Brittle Paper’s Children’s Anthology is out now, and FREE to download! 19 delightful stories by writers from across Africa 🇨🇲🇬🇭🇿🇦🇳🇬🇿🇼🇲🇼🇸🇱🇹🇿🇳🇦🇰🇪 Perfect for your little ones. Grab it here 👇🏾 #BooklingCorner #AfricanStoriesForKids brittlepaper.com/2025/07/bookli…