The Stoop

Episode 15: The African Writer's Dilemma

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Who gets to choose which African stories get told? We meet three writers, each of them pushing against a mostly white US and UK-based publishing industry in their own way.

Guests:Siyanda Mohutsiwa, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, & Namwali Serpell   

 

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