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Veronique Tadjo

@VTadjo

In the Company of Men (2021). Aimer (2021) Je crois au soleil même quand il ne brille pas. I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.

 London & Abidjan
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Joined November 2020
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Noo Saro-Wiwa@noosarowiwa10 Nov 2022
27 yrs ago today my father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and 8 colleagues were judicially murdered by the Nigerian military govt for campaigning against oil pollution in the Niger Delta. I again ask president @MBuhari to please exonerate the Ogoni 9, for the sake of all Nigerians #kensarowiwa
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Have you registered? Online registration for the 10th edition of Ake Arts & Book Festival is still on. The first 50 registrants get a tote bag. Click the link below to get your tickets for just N10,000. Registration at the venue is N15,000 bit.ly/3NnipnN
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One of our partners is sponsoring FIFTY Lagos-based youth (19-25yo) to #AkeFest22. Successful awardees of the Inclusion Grant will get a Visitor’s Pass = access to all Ake festival events + N10,000 in booktokens to spend at the festival bookstore. Watch this space!👀
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Bassératou KINDO@KindoB12 Oct 2022
#Burkina | Alino Faso et Raissa Compaoré, 2 influenceurs sociaux reçu par le chef de l'Etat Ibrahim Traoré. Ils ont organisé un don dénommé - #SauvonsDjibo qui a permis de collecter des tonnes de vivres envoyées ce 10 octobre à #Djibo. #lwili #TL226
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HopeRoad@hoperoadpublish12 Oct 2022
DOES SNOW TURN A PERSON WHITE INSIDE? The latest book from @maxlobe3, author of the popular A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA, is being published on the 2nd of November 2022! Find out more about this moving reflection on the immigrant experience in the link below: hoperoadpublishing.com/ficti…
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Touali Merouane@MerouaneT1 Oct 2022
Salle comble pour la 2nd table-ronde dans le cadre de la 4ème ed. du festival #Littératures_itinérantes à #Fès 🇲🇦 Débat passionnant sur la définition de la #Culture avec @ChTaubira @VTadjo I. Jablonka & F. Laroui, modéré par C. Fauchon-Toussaint #diversité D’1 #culture à l’autre
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Wambua Muindi@paul_wambua15 Oct 2022
If you care about literature, it is with ease that you get to appreciate @WARSCAPES and admire the work of @bhakti_shringa. Read 'How One Group of Global South Writers is Decolonizing Literature' lithub.com/how-one-group-of-… via @lithub
How One Group of Global South Writers is Decolonizing Literature

How One Group of Global South Writers is Decolonizing Literature

During the pandemic lockdown, writer and editor Bhakti Shringarpure, like many people, found herself seeking to rebuild connections online. At the time, she was living in Nairobi, Kenya, as a Fulbr…

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I believe Kenya has enough bare land to feed the nation without having to cut down the forested areas for farming. We need to focus on food waste reduction and growing drought resistant crops/ trees in dry areas to boost soil fertility. #LossAndDamage #foodwaste #drought
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Jeune Afrique
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L’Actu vue par... Chaque samedi, JA invite une personnalité à décrypter les sujets d’actualité. À la veille de l’inhumation d’#Elizabeth II, Véronique Tadjo livre sa vision de la monarchie britannique, de ses survivances sur le continent... @VTadjo 👇 ow.ly/3Ils50KM9Em
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BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper8 Aug 2022
Nadifa Mohamed was sitting in her car, listening to BBC Radio Wales live, when they announced her as the 2022 Wales Book of the Year winner. Read about her live reaction, the winning novel, and the prize here. brittlepaper.com/2022/08/som…

Somali-British Novelist Nadifa Mohamed’s The Fortune Men Wins 2022 Wales English Book of the Year

The Somali-British author Nadifa Mohamed’s latest novel The Fortune Men has won the 2022 Wales Book of the Year in the Fiction, People's Vote, & Overall English Language categories. The award, which...

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Véronique Tadjo's In the Company of Men depicts the Ebola pandemic as it unfolded across West Africa. Through short chapters from the eyes of patients, nurses, doctors, a baobab tree and even the virus itself, @VTadjo offers surreal but sage reflections. radicalbookscollective.com/c…
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BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper11 Jul 2022
We're sharing the second review of the @CainePrize shortlist, this one by @dbaing01: "So, how to write about love without falling into the trap of cliché? @DanquahRising’s story provides some clues." brittlepaper.com/2022/07/202…
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Wasafiri@WasafiriMag9 Jul 2022
We’ve also got this 💎sapphire 💎 guested edited by Beverley Naidoo and Shereen Pandit: ‘readers are looking to explore the human heart wherever it is beating around the globe … (but) the range of cultural travelling offered to young readers is remarkably narrow. Why….?’ 🧜🏾‍♀️
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📢 NEXT UP on our Reading African Women Series is @VTadjo's timely and poignant novel, 'In The Company of Men' published by @otherpress. Join our #bookclub on July 23rd and get a chance to meet the award-winning author as well! Register Now: radicalbookscollective.com/c…
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John Tovar@JayTovar319 Jun 2022
Les presento a la nueva vicepresidenta de Colombia. @FranciaMarquezM I present to you the new VP of Colombia @FranciaMarquezM
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En 2019, nous créions avec @FondationOrange le Prix Orange du Livre d’Afrique. Pour cette édition 2022, nous sommes heureux avec @VTadjo de décerner le Prix à Yamen Manai, pour Bel Abîme @edelyzad. #POLA
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BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaper15 Jun 2022
QUIET by British-born Ghanaian poet @victoriaadukwei is making its way to US readers next year thanks to @AAKnopf. The collection explores the liberating possibilities in blocking out the noise and focusing on “black interiority, intimacy, & selfhood.” brittlepaper.com/2022/06/qui…
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Let's throwback to Veronique Tadjo's @VTadjo trip to Ake Adire Market during Ake Festival 2015. Watch full clip of her trip here: youtube.com/watch?v=r9Sq-Np9… #AkeFest15 #AkeFestival
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Come and join us for our next workshop on #literature, #virus, #politics with the great @VTadjo! Feel free to share widely.
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Veronique Tadjo@VTadjo5 Jun 2022
La formidable équipe du Prix Orange du livre en Afrique. La grande annonce, le 14 juin à Dakar! @ Paris, France instagram.com/p/Ceb3GqnI4_0/…
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