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In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut

September 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut

This tale of ill-fated journeys through Greece, Africa and India shows Damon Galgut at a superb new high

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Things fall apart

September 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kouroma

Phil Daoust enjoys a salutory lesson in African dictatorships from Ahmadou Kourouma’s Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote

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Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

September 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ngugi wa Thiongo's Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir

Kenya’s troubled past pervades this memoir, says Maya Jaggi

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The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul

September 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Masque of Africa by V.S. Naipaul

VS Naipaul is often blinkered but he still sees things in Africa that others miss, says Aminatta Forna

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