How to be a Writer in Africa

Even though African writing existed before arrival of foreign influence, in manuscripts of earlier civilizations discovered, the modern African writer is the one who learnt western languages and tried to articulate a genuine African voice in the face of many masquerading ‘African’ voices by western writers often taking the cover of travel writing.
L-R : Binyavanga Wainaina author of satirical How to write about Africa ; Jomo Kenyatta wrote Facing Mt Kenya ; Leopold Senghor
L-R : Binyavanga Wainaina author of satirical How to write about Africa ; Jomo Kenyatta wrote Facing Mt Kenya ; Leopold Senghor
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