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Eileen Battersby’s favourite African writers
To mark Africa Day, Ireland’s annual celebration of its African community, The Irish Times literary correspondent picks her favourite African titles
Authors on Africa, from Heart of Darkness to The Heart of the Matter
For Africa Day, Eileen Battersby selects 13 classic novels set in Africa but written by outsiders, including several Irish authors
New Fiction: The Fishermen, by Chigozie Obioma
Nigerian tale mines rich vein of myth and superstition
Mos Def, the definite article
Since 1999, Mos Def has strived to expand and redefine hip-hop – while still finding time to act and agitate. Ahead of his appearance in Dublin, he talks to Jim Carroll
Literary community bereft after ‘father of African literature’ dies
Chinua Achebe best known for breakthrough novel ‘Things fall Apart’
Grandfather of modern African literature Achebe dies
Nigerian writer made his name 50 years ago with his breakthrough novel Things Fall Apart
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