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Writers of African descent on US National Book Awards 2021 longlists

The longlists for the US National Book Awards 2020, featuring many leading writers and poets of African descent, were announced from September 16-18, 2021 The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, […]

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Book Digest: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Dorothy Koomson, Shugri Said Salh, Maryse Condé.

We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature. Today our focus is books from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Dorothy Koomson, Shugri Said Salh, Maryse Condé. The Sex Lives of African Women, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, Dialogue BooksPublication Date: July 22, 2021Genre: NonfictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Penguin Random […]

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Maryse Condé is Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca 2021 recipient

Maryse Condé was awarded the Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca 2021 by the Institut de France (Fondations) on May 17, 2021. The Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca (Cino Del Duca World Prize) is an international literary award that recognizes an author whose work constitutes, in a scientific or literary form, a message of modern humanism. […]