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The Many Voices of Africa
John Ryle
‘This is worth remembering: if it were not for Africa we would not be here at all.’
Passport Control
Kwame Dawes
‘I am Ghanaian. This is my legal label. I was born there. It is my inheritance.’
Legacies
Adewale Maja-Pearce
‘When I was ten years old, my father hit my mother so hard that she suffered permanent damage to her right ear.’
Policeman to the World
Daniel Bergner
‘The UN's shiny red and white SUVs were too conspicuous, and the entire Liberian police force had three vehicles’
Antediluvian
John Biguenet
‘To the inexperienced, hurricane stories always sound like exaggerations.’
Motley Notes
Ian Jack
‘Generalisations about the national psyche – supposing there is one – must always be treated with suspicion.’
Ian Jack on the eve of the 7/7 bombings.
Wish You Were Here
Simon Gray
‘From contemptuous wit to unfathomable pain, the centre always held, Alan was always there.’
When Skateboards Will Be Free
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
‘My mother and father believe that the United States is destined one day to be engulfed in a socialist revolution.’
