Here are posts labelled "Sub-Saharan Africa" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Nadine Gordimer
- Birth: November 20, 1923, Springs, South Africa
- Death: July 13, 2014, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Language: English
- Who she was: South African writer; The Conservationist; Burger's Daughter; July's People; Nobel Prize in Literature (1991)
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Chinua Achebe
- Birth: November 16, 1930, Ogidi, Anambra, Nigeria
- Death: March 21, 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Language: English, Igbo, Swahili (?)
- Who he was: Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic; The "African Trilogy" (Things Fall Apart; No Longer at Ease; Arrow of God); A Man of the People; Anthills of the Savannah
- Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Phillis Wheatley
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1753, West Africa
- Death: December 5, 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Language: English
- Who she was: first published African-American female poet who wrote Poems on Various Subjects (1773)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Beryl Markham
- Birth: October 26, 1902, Ashwell, UK
- Death: August 3, 1986, Nairobi, Kenya
- Language: English
- Who she was: British-born Kenyan adventurer and author who wrote West with the Night
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Karen Blixen
- Known as: Isak Dinesen
- Birth: April 17, 1885, Rungsted, Denmark
- Death: September 7, 1962, Rungsted, Denmark
- Language: English, Danish, French
- Who she was: Danish author who spent considerable time in Africa, and wrote Out of Africa; Seven Gothic Tales; Babette's Feast
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW; GGB; Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
