So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual. (Taiye Selasi)

So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.

Taiye Selasi

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