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What My Sweet Memories of Zanzibar Reminded Me of Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2021In: SpectacleTags: AAU, Al-Shabaab, Dar-es-Salaam, GIGANET, IGF, LASU, Prof. Abdulrazak GurnahNo CommentsViews:
What My Sweet Memories of Zanzibar Reminded Me of Nigeria

By Tunde Akanni, PhD Zanzibar suddenly bounced to the headlines again with Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.  So soon, I would say, after Tanzania’s first female president,... Read more

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