France still has a special relationship with its former colonies in Africa. The French language still plays an important role. The French military still has a strong presence in its former colonies. And the baguette has a strong following.
The writer Alain Mabanckou, born in Congo/Brazzaville, received a request by the French president. Mabanckou thought about it and wrote an Open Letter. It caused a stir.
Read more about it here.
A magazine of Arabic literature in translation
Mrs Smith Reads Books
Tunisian Literature (in English)
#SheShapes
Simplemente literatura
An American University Seminar
Celebrating African Women Writers
from my old street in Yoff, Dakar, to other streets...in Bamako, Ouagadougou, Abidjan and beyond....
Studying Africa? Read what the Research Master has to offer!
I celebrate words that welcome hope. If you are here passing by then leave a remark that define your existence! You are invited here, you are embraced here!
A collection of random writings from Marianne Thamm
Afropolitan
Website over het boek 'Het land van Soekmekaar' van Marnix de Bruyne.
Book Reviews/ Slice of Life in Nairobi
Telling Our Own Stories...
ARTS. LITERATURE. ENTERTAINMENT. LIFESTYLE. CULTURE.
Formerly known as Far Out in Africa. This is where I document life as experienced by me
books touched by Africa 
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