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WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE Harper’s Bazaar: Best Book of the Year Boston Globe: Best Book of the Year Ms. Magazine: Best Feminist Bo...
"To attain some sort of universal value," Véronique Tadjo has said, "a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our shared...
A collection of poetry in French by African writer and artist Veronique Tadjo, and the English translations by Peter S. Thompson....
Travels in the Heart of Rwanda
Along with nine other African Writers, Veronique Tadjo was invited to visit Rwanda to bear witness to the genocide that took place in 1994 - wiping ou...
The narrative of this wonderful gem of a novel weaves together a rich tapestry of characters who are both nameless and faceless, representing everyman...
Tadjo uses her powerful and fertile imagination to rekindle an ancient Akan myth and deliberately sets it ablaze. Woven into the historic frame of the...
A multi-layered narrative comprising a series of interwoven short stories and poetic texts which can be read within continental Africa, the African Di...
The Ebola Tales
"When a patient is allowed to go home, it makes me happy. He or she receives new clothes, since everything worn on arrival at the centre has been inci...
Violence, Xenophobia and the Reinvention of Difference in South Africa
The xenophobic attacks that started in Alexandra, Johannesburg in May 2008 before quickly spreading around the country caused an outcry across the wor...
Mamy Wata, queen of all waters and an inspiration to all, saves the villagers from a scary monster by trying to make him happy again....
An African Retelling
Poetically retells the story of the Senufo people of Ivory Coast....
A beautiful, moving wish list in verse, featuring portraits of African kings and queens....
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