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Recipe from the Ivory Coast

Not a book review, but a tasty stew (from the Ivory Coast)

Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal (Czech Republic)

Quick review of a classic Czech novel

Book Review: Astonishing the Gods by Ben Okri (Nigeria)

The closest I could get to a badly rendered immortal being

An incoherent, more or less mythical, utopian (or is it dystopian) read, and an unappreciated (by me) masterpiece

Book Review: The Successor by Ismail Kadare (Albania)

Classic satire by Ismail Kadare

Film Review, Katanga: Dance of the Scorpions (Burkina Faso)

In late November last year I went to London’s BFI to watch a 2024 movie, Katanga: Dance of the Scorpions, shot in Burkina Faso, and directed by Dani Kouyaté. The coup-beleaguered, West African state of Burkina Faso might seems an unlikely hub for the film industry, but for many years it has hosted the Panafrican …

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