Literature

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Poetry as Translation: A Dialogue With Ladan Osman

May 7, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, Africa Writers, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, Chapbook, featured, Journalism, Literature, Poems, Poetry

Ladan Osman is a Somali-American poet and teacher. She is the author of the chapbook, Ordinary Heaven and poetry  book collection, The

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Poetry Meets Music: A Dialogue with Tsitsi Jaji

March 27, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa Writers, African Literature, African Poetry, African Stories, African Storytelling, Author, Literature, Poem, Poetry

Tsitsi Jaji is a Zimbabwean American, who grew up in Harare before moving to the U.S. for college. She earned

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The Poetry of the Observable World: A Dialogue With Liyou Libsekal

February 7, 2017September 30, 2018 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa Writers, African Literature, African Poetry, African Stories, African Storytelling, Chapbook, Literature, Poem, Poetry

Liyou Libsekal is an Ethiopian poet living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She grew up traveling and living mainly in East

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The Poetry of Embodiment: A Dialogue with Kobus Moolman

February 3, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa Writers, African Poetry, African Stories, Author, Literature, Poem, Poetry, Theatre, Writers

Kobus Moolman is an award-winning poet and playwright from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He is an Associate Professor at the University of

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The Art of Unlearning: A Dialogue With Koleka Putuma

January 17, 2017 africaindialogue 6 Comments Africa Writers, African Storytelling, Author, Director, Literature, PEN SA, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Theatre, Writers

Koleka Putuma is an award winning Theatre Director, Writer, and Performance Poet based in Cape Town, South Africa. Her plays

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On Womanhood and Belonging: A Dialogue With Ijeoma Umebinyuo

November 20, 2016September 30, 2018 africaindialogue 5 Comments African Literature, Author, Chapbook, Literature, Mental Illness, Nigeria, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Questions for Ada, Writers

Ijeoma Umebinyuo was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the author of Questions for Ada, her first published

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Poetry as a Meditation on Human Existence: A Dialogue with Gbenga Adesina

October 16, 2016March 14, 2026 africaindialogue 2 Comments Africa Writers, African Stories, African Storytelling, Brunel University African Poetry Prize, Chapbook, Human Existence, Literature, Painter of Water, Poem, Poetry

Gbenga Adesina is a poet and essayist from Nigeria. He is the joint winner of the 2016 Brunel University African

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The History and Future of Literature in Botswana: A Dialogue with Barolong Seboni

September 30, 2016March 14, 2026 africaindialogue 8 Comments Africa Writers, African Literature, African Novel, Barolong Seboni, Botswana Literature, Botswana Writers, Botswana Writers' Association, History of Botswana, Indigenous Languages, Literature, Poetry, Translation, Writers

Barolong Seboni is a poet and writer from Botswana. His works include Images of the Sun, Screams and Pleas, Lovesongs,

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