Say You Are One of Them
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Nigerian Jesuit priest Uwem Akpan’s debut collection of five not-so-short stories is an eye-opener. Encompassing a number of different African nations–Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopa, Rwanda–and important.
Yaddo!
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“Tales from Here and There: On Ugandan Literary Culture,” which appeared in the Millions, was one of my all-time…