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Episode 31: Goodbye Ama Ata Aidoo, interviewing Abdulrazak Gurnah

James Murua by James Murua

Jun 8, 202300:30:21Arts

Welcome to episode 29 of the Writing Africa Podcast. It’s a blockbuster one as we say goodbye to author, poet, playwright, and academic Ama Ata Aidoo and South African writer, political analyst, journalist, and broadcast...

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