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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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