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Black Canon

Feb 25, 2020

Senegalese writer Marietou Ba Bileoma ( Ken Bugul is her Pen name) is our guest this weekend. She is the author of novel " The Abandoned Baobab " published in 1982 in French and translated in English in 1991. We are talking migrations and politics in Africa. She also receiced the Prix Renaudot for her novel " Riwan ou...


Feb 17, 2020

Alain Mabanckou is a French-Congolese writer. He teaches French and Francophone Studies at UCLA .


Feb 8, 2020

Ferdinand Leopold Oyono is a Cameroonian writer, diplomat and actor. his acclaimed novel the Old Man and the Medal explores the conditions of Cameroonian people under colonialism. 


Feb 1, 2020

On this week episode, we are showcasing the masterpiece Things Fall Apart by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Considered to be the father of Africa Modern Literature , Chinua Achebe "Things Fall Apart" succeeded at articulating the anxieties of African people under precolonial and under colonial rule in the way no other...