review AFRICAN MADNESS Written by the American writer Alex Shoumatoff. This was published in 1988. Stories about Dian Fossey, Madagaskar, Jean Paul Bokassa and HIV/Aids. semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/09/28/rev… via books about Africa

I just opened Damon Galgut's book The Good Doctor (2003). It takes me back 20 years and it takes me to a clinic in South Africa. Old and New meet in the clinic and in the village.

review THE GOOD DOCTOR A novel by Damon Galgut from South Africa. semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/10/05/rev… via books about Africa

review KALIFAAT OF DE KOGEL A story about victims of Boko Haram and former terrorists of Boko Haram . #nigeria #PlateauState #persecution semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/10/12/rev… via books about Africa

review NOOIT GESCHREVEN BRIEF AAN MIJN VADER #KarimaOuchan #FennekeReysoo #bulaaq Uitgeverij Bulaaq semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/10/19/rev… via books about Africa

review DE KONING VAN KWASILAND Travelling through north western Africa by car. #KeesLutkie #Algeria #Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso #Mauretania #fourwheeldrive #travels semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/10/26/rev… via books about Africa

Taken from my shelf, this book by Marita van der Vyver, Sout African / French writer. Set in a South African village, about mothers and daughters and a looming death. Time to read. #Vergenoeg

review MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER A serial killer with good looks and a very sharp knife. A sister who is cleaning up after her. #OyinkanBraithwsite #Lagos #crime semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/11/16/rev… via books about Africa

Love in Nairobi, with aurderous twist. The big game hunter Natasha Illum Berg tells of her relationship with Tonio Trzninski. review TEA ON THE BLUE SOFA semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/11/09/rev… via books about Africa

review VERGENOEG A beautiful book about women coming together for the final days of Adèle Bothma in the village Vergenoeg. Marita van der Vyver #SouthAfrica semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/11/30/rev… via books about Africa

Helen Oyeyemi: ‘I like other humans mediated through art’ theguardian.com/books/2024/jan…

I criticised Rwanda’s leader – now I wake up screaming after constant online attacks theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

My review of this book by Farida Karodia semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/12/07/rev… #SouthAfrica #Sterkstroom #FaridaKarodia @FaridaKarodia #GroupAreasAct #Apartheid

A book by the South African writer Irma Joubert, following the life of Pérsomi, who lives at the brakrant on a farm. #IrmaJoubert #SouthAfrica #brakrant semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/12/14/rev…

A very thorough book by the Nigerian scholar Adekeye Adebajo on peace missions in West Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau) and lessons to be learned. A mine of information. #adekeyeadebajo semperaliquidnoviafricamadferre.com/2023/12/28/rev…

From a first glance: all Kalenjin vote Yes.

South African witter in exile Breyten Breytenbach passed away today.

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