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← Back to all issuesGranta 92: The View from Africa
Winter 2005
Fresh voices from Africa, in all their differences, as well as memoir and reportage that reflect the past and present of its people. Featuring Binyavanga Wainaina on how to write about Africa and work by Segun Afolabi, Kwame Dawes and Nadine Gordimer.
From this Issue
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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.’
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The Master
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘The Master was a little crazy; he had spent too many years reading books overseas’
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The War of the Ears
Moses Isegawa
‘It was a victory to arrive home. Ma Beeda always celebrated with a strong cup of tea.’
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Passport Control
Kwame Dawes
‘I am Ghanaian. This is my legal label. I was born there. It is my inheritance.’
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Gifted
Segun Afolabi
‘The boys' eyes grazed the carpet and then each other guiltily. The youngest tried not to smile with shame.’
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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.’
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Beethoven Was One Sixteenth Black
Nadine Gordimer
‘Once there were blacks wanting to be white. Now there are whites wanting to be black.’
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The Witch’s Dog
Helon Habila
‘The old witch, Nana Mudo, lived alone with her dog on the other side of the grove.’
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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’
