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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? 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.
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