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‘If There’s a Book You Want to Read and Cannot Find, Write It!’ Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s First Draft

Sarah Ladipo ManyikaMarch 16, 2024

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

is a writer of novels, short stories and essays translated into several languages. She is author of the best-selling novel In Dependence and the multiple shortlisted novel Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun. Manyika has had work published in Granta, The Guardian, The Washington Post and Transfuge, among others. Her most recent book is Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora.

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Today in 2019, Bobi Wine was sent to prison for hi

Today in 2019, Bobi Wine was sent to prison for his alleged role in a protest in Uganda in 2018. #RxHistory⏳⁠
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On 29 April 2019, Bobi Wine was sent to a maximum-security prison after being charged over his alleged role in a 2018 street protest against a tax on social media.⁠
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📷: Bobi Wine poses next to a mural of himself during a visit to an activists' arts center in Nairobi, Kenya. 12 October 2018. Photo: Brian Ingang.

7 Books to Add to Your May Reading List 📚️⁠

7 Books to Add to Your May Reading List 📚️⁠
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Fifty-seven years ago, Odumegwu Ojukwu’s declaration of the independence of the Republic of Biafra marked a pivotal moment in Nigeria’s history. May 2024 also marks the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as South Africa’s first democratically elected president. ⁠
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Alongside these milestones, May also promises new book releases to keep on your radar. Hence, we’ve curated a list of seven books to enrich your May reading experience. ⁠
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From commemorating historical events to exploring new releases, these seven books will keep you reading in the month of May! ⁠
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Have you read any of these books? What book(s) do you plan to read in May?⁠ Let us know in our comments. ⁠
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📝: Peace Onafuye (@yetundeandbooks)⁠

Today in 1924, Kenneth Kaunda was born. #RxHistory

Today in 1924, Kenneth Kaunda was born. #RxHistory⏳⁠
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Kenneth Kaunda was a leading figure in Zambia’s independence movement. In 1964, he became Zambia’s first president. He served for six terms until he was defeated in 1991 by Frederick Chiluba.⁠
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On 28 April 1924, Kenneth Kaunda was born in Lubwa Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, to Malawian parents.⁠
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📷: President Kaunda is seen (foreground) during a press conference he gave after addressing the Assembly. TEDDY CHAN/UN PHOTO.

What’s the last thing you read that changed your $What’s the last thing you read that changed your mind about something? #OnSite⚡⁠ ⁠ When we asked an array of writers this question, they all had something interesting to say. Ghana’s, Nana shared how Miral al-Tahawy’s The Tent showed the ways that writers published in the West wittingly or unwittingly pander to European and North American sensibilities. Zimbabwe’s, Farai Mudzingwa, shared how Henry Hobhouse’s Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind changed his views on sugar, revealing its harmful effects on the human body and its role in driving colonialism and chattel slavery. Kenya’s Muthoni Muiruri explained how The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste shifted her historical perspective of Ethiopia and women’s role in conflict. But that’s only a fraction of the responses we’ve received.⁠ ⁠ What’s the last thing you read that changed your mind about something? Let us know in our comments.⁠ ⁠ Swipe to learn more and read more answers from Black writers about reading and writing by clicking this image at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ ____________⁠ 📝: Peace Onafuye (@yetundeandbooks)⁠ 🔍: Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editor⁠ 🎨: Kevwe Ogini (@dfutureart), Onyinye Dike; Illustrators.$

Today in 1994, South Africa held its first multira

Today in 1994, South Africa held its first multiracial elections. #RxHistory⏳⁠
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On 27 April 1994, voters stood for hours in queues often stretching over a kilometre long to vote in South Africa’s first democratic election. Around 20 million South Africans queued over a four-day voting period, with an 86.9 per cent voter turnout.⁠
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Swipe to learn more and read more stories about about African history by clicking this image at the link in our bio.⁠
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📷: African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela smiles broadly in Oshlange, a black township near Durban, as he casts his historic vote during South Africa’s first democratic and all-race general elections. 27 April 1994. Walter Dhladhla / AFP.

The Principle For The New Nigerian Criticism. #OnS

The Principle For The New Nigerian Criticism. #OnSite⚡⁠
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Because we aim to interest the Nigerian public in literature with literary criticism, our language should not be as private and subversive as the language of the writers whose works we aim to demystify.⁠
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Swipe to learn more and read more about Nigeria's literary landscape by clicking this image at the link in our bio.⁠
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🔍: Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors⁠
🎨: Jacob Lawrence, The Library, 1960. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

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