She reveals a range of African experiences: from traders to martial arts champions, visa overstayers to heart surgeons.
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Despite being almost erased from history, Sithole’s ideas are still relevant today.
For her, art was a weapon in the struggle and a tool for education. She used every opportunity to build movements and to archive experiences in writing.
African literary prizes are slowly becoming more relevant and richer, thanks to writers organising on the continent.
It begins and ends with tone, according to the Nigerian writer.
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Stirling
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Research associate, University of Bristol
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Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Researcher and Gender Equity Officer, University of the Western Cape
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Research Associate, Humanities Research Centre (and African Literature Department, University of the Witwatersrand), University of York
