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Set around Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda, Upon This Mountain by Timothy Wangusa was published in 1989 by Heinemann International. It portrays African life in the post colonial era, a time when communities were drawn together through special religious and cultural occasions like baptism and circumcision.
This tale of ill-fated journeys through Greece, Africa and India shows Damon Galgut at a superb new high
Phil Daoust enjoys a salutory lesson in African dictatorships from Ahmadou Kourouma’s Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
Kenya’s troubled past pervades this memoir, says Maya Jaggi
VS Naipaul is often blinkered but he still sees things in Africa that others miss, says Aminatta Forna
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