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Renowned author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ushered in a new chapter of literary exploration on December 29, 2023, with the enchanting launch of her maiden children’s book, Mama’s Sleeping Scarf. The event, themed “Christmas Magic with Chimamanda,” graced by dignitaries including former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who joined in via […]
East African literature continues to grow and reshape itself in exciting new ways – and 2023 was no exception. The world really did take notice of the region when Tanzanian-British author Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. Interest in Gurnah’s work continued last year when he made a homecoming to east Africa. But it is in Tanzania that Gurnah made a proper homecoming in 2023 – through the first ever Kiswahili translation of Paradise, now out as Peponi.