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What is Writivism in French?

  Renee Edwige Dro and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire  (Clockwise, from the top left): Mamadou Diallo, Dame Diop, Ibrahima Baldé, Mohamadou Fadel Diop, Valérie Bah, Djibril Drame, and Toussa Senerap. During the next months, Bakwa will publish stories (flash fiction) which are the product of Writivism workshops in Dakar, Kinshasa and Abidjan. This collaboration is the […]

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[Short Review] Fatoumata Diawara Channels the Innocence and Power that History Associates with her Name

Serubiri Moses ‘Fatou’ is the short form for Fatoumata or Fatouma where I come from. Her name alone has a long history within Islamic cultures: a city was named Fatimah in Portugal during the Moorish period; Fatimah is the name of the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad, whose husband, Ali, did not marry again until

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