African Books to Inspire
British rapper-poet Akala, Kenyan poet and Abdilatif Abdalla, Nigerian novelist Sarah Ladipo Manyika, and South African poet Yewande Omotoso, on the books which have inspired them
A panel of writers talk to Audrey Brown about the African books which have had the biggest impact on them, their writing and the wider world. What makes a great book? Which African books deserve a wider audience? What is the power of reading to influence both the personal and the political?
On the panel are black British rapper-poet Akala; Abdilatif Abdalla, the Kenyan poet and activist; Nigerian novelist Sarah Ladipo Manyika; and Yewande Omotoso, South African poet and academic.
(Photo: Clockwise from top left - Akala, Yewande Omotoso, Abdilatif Abdalla and Sarah Ladipo Manyika. All images courtesy of the Royal African Society)
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