Biography: Kathleen Battle was born on August 13, 1948 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. She was the youngest of seven children in the
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Slouching Towards Santa Teresa: Roberto Bolaño’s utterly strange masterpiece. By Adam Kirsch According to Proust, one proof that we are reading a
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Three Colours: Red (1994) – Paths and Possibilities By Jonathan McCalmont’s Criticism As the dust settled and the cordite faded from the
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Summary: Filmmaker Remi Vaughan-Richards shares the story of her father, a naturalised British architect credited with several Modernist buildings in Lagos
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An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine Winner of the California Book Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for
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My connection with the late Christa Franke…
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti “One of the few pro-shot concerts of legendary musician Fela Kuti with his band Africa 70, playing for the
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Black Moses: by Alain Mabanckou (Author), Helen Stevenson (Translator) A rollicking new novel described as “Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa” (Les Inrockuptibles) by
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Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds By Yemisi Aribisala “One of the most enduring myths on the Nigerian Femme Fatale
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