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BOOKS BARDS AND BARBS. By Omoseye Bolaji

'There is a lot of focus on books from all over Africa and the world; authors include Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Kunle Ajibade, Ayi Kwei Armah, Dambudzo Marechera, Bessie Head Ifeoma Chinwuba, Lewis Nkosi, Futhi Ntshingila, Es’kia Mphahlele, Gabriel Okara, Kola Onadipe, Emmanuel Obiechina, Ola Rotimi, Mbella Sonne Dipoko, Cyprian Ekwensi, Peter Abrahams, Kofi Awoonor, Kole Omotosho, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Dillibe Onyeama, Mariama Ba, Charles Mungoshi, Mabel Segun, Kenneth Kaunda, Siphiwo Mahala and NMM Duman. Others (mainly from Europe) include works by the likes of William Shakespeare, George Orwell, John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. Others in this ilk include Nadine Gordimer, Joseph Conrad, Namitha Gokhale, Joyce Cary, Leslie Meir, Leonard Woolf, Betty Tootell, and Maria Sharapova. Bolaji writes on all these, and more here.'

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  1. HERCULE3 February 2022 at 01:16

    Hearty Congratulations!

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  2. HERCULE3 February 2022 at 01:23

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  3. C. MADOLYN3 February 2022 at 01:25

    Something to celebrate

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  4. Eric3 February 2022 at 01:52

    EXHILARATING

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  5. Oluwole Goodness Kingmass9 February 2022 at 00:40

    What a book! Mr Bolaji at his best and most "literary". I loved many of the features especially the focus on Camara Laye's books; and the one zeroing in on Palmer''s great work on early African novels

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  6. KATHY9 February 2022 at 00:44

    The great man at his best ... doing what he loves most... basking amidst a medley of books

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