BooksMarguerite Abouet's hugely popular series of books, centred on the life of a young woman in a cheerful Ivory Coast suburb, show an Africa far from stereotypes of war and disease.
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Book Review: The Last Resort: A Moving Memoir About Growing up in Zimbabwe by Douglas Rogers
If you read my blog at all, you know how much I write about the situation in Zimbabwe. Over the summer, a friend from one of the local bookstores passed me a galley of the The Last Resort, a memoir of Zimbabwe by Douglas Rogers.
Wolf Hall wins Man Booker Price
Bookmakers' favourite Hilary Mantel won the coveted Man Booker Prize on Tuesday for the historical novel Wolf Hall, edging out her nearest rival by three votes to two in the final phase of judging.
