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Safe House
Safe House: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction | Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
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Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent. A Nigerian immigrant to Senegal explores the increasing influence of China across the region, a Kenyan student activist writes of exile in Kampala, a Liberian scientist shares her diary of the Ebola crisis, a Nigerian journalist travels to the north to meet a community at risk, a Kenyan author travels to Senegal to interview a gay rights activist, and a South African writer recounts a tale of family discord and murder in a remote seaside town. In a collection that ranges from travel writing and memoir to reportage and meditative essays, editor Ellah Wakatama Allfrey has brought together some of the most talented writers of creative nonfiction from across Africa.
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Have to get up early tomorrow so time for a chapter of Safe House and vegan cacao before bed💜 And look turns out I have 1 bookmark🎉😁

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This is a great collection of creative non-fiction writing by authors from the African continent. Allfrey managed to get together a collection of texts which differ widely in style and content, but put them in such an order that some of the texts speak to eachother like a text about a political refugee from Kenya in Uganda being followed by a text about LGBTI refugees from Uganda in Kenya. There are true crime stories, travel writing and more!

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Started this one yesterday: Already the introduction by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey is so worthwhile, seamlessly she writes about growing up in Zimbabwe on the brink of independance and the magic of watching the first Star Wars movie in the cinema. The first essay in the collection is by Hawa Jande Golakai, a Liberian novelist (and trained immunologist). In diary form she recollects her experiences during the Ebola crises.

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read_diverse_books I've heard good things about this one! I'll add it to my nonfiction TBR. 8y
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This collection is dazzling! A truly amazing group of writers that feels like a real Who's Who of African writers I should know. Essays ranging all across the continent and across a multitude of topics, including an awesome array of essays dealing with LGBTI issues.

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A great collection of personal essays and travel writing from Africa! Definitely a thought-provoking read!

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