Comments on: Is Africa Hot or Not?

By: Aloysius Gwandi

Aloysius Gwandi — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:12:02 +0000

Jimmy Smith do some reading before you disparage African writers. Quite often western critiques see nothing good in non-westernised literature. The likes of Jimmy Smith happily wallow in their prejudices just as the west refuses to acknowledge for example that modern abstract art was actually discovered in Africa. But they wont stifle the African’s creativity no matter how hard they try. Do some homework and exercise some open-mindedness sir! And look forward to Traded for A Trifle by me!!

By: Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:11:50 +0000

African literature is like white rap – every now and then a good one comes along to crawl from the rubbish. A few names like Achebe and Adichie are worth a read but exist in a vacuum. ‘African literature’ is probably less than half a dozen writers.

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By: Steve Marban

Steve Marban — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:31:02 +0000

I read Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and am now finishing That Thing Around Your Neck, her short stories. I am convinced that Chimamanda Adichie has already joined the ranks of Africa’s most important writers, on top of which she has opened African literature to a wider audience. Her writing has heart and resonates with those open to the experiences of the world, and the love that exists in us, despite everything.

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