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• South Africa: Book Review - The Water Dancer By Ta-Nehisi Coates
  [New Frame] Ta-Nehisi Coates' first work of fiction, which reflects on the power of memory, follows an enslaved man with superhuman capabilities who joins the underground resistance.
  
  
• South Africa: Speaking Volumes - an Interview With Indie Bookstore Owner Kate Rogan
  [Daily Maverick] Joburg's celebrated independent bookshop, Love Books, turned ten in 2019. We caught up with its owner just as the silly season kicked into high gear.
  
  
• Africa: Long Read - the Legacy of Mexican Exile
  [New Frame] The Latin American country has a long history of offering sanctuary to the world's radicals and revolutionaries. Now it has opened its doors to one more: Bolivia's ousted president.
  
  
• South Africa: Book Review | Pulses in the Centre of Silence
  [New Frame] In the face of dwindling writing about South African jazz, bassist and composer Carlo Mombelli's new offering is not only a workbook for musicians but also a repository for future historians.
  
  
• South Africa: New Books | a Life Dedicated to Justice for All
  [New Frame] Arthur Chaskalson, Constitutional Court chief justice, dedicated his life to the struggle for social change and was key to the negotiation process during South Africa's transition.
  
  
• Africa: Buying a Book? Make That By an African for Africans
  [East African] Ghana's Deborah Ahenkorah received the 2019 Global Pluralism Award In Ottawa Canada on November 20.
  
  
• Gambia: Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  [The Point] There is a telling anecdote in the epilogue of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's account of her second stint presiding over the mercurial finances of Africa's largest economy. After she had left Nigeria and office, police acting on the tip of a supposed whistleblower raided her house in Abuja in search of cash hoards. When they found some bags in the basement, they thought they had hit the jackpot. Only the bags turned out to contain four years' worth of newspaper clippings. No money.
  
  
• South Africa: Book Review - Parcel of Death
  [New Frame] By giving us a glimpse into the remarkable life of anti-apartheid activist Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, journalist and Tiro's nephew Gaongalelwe Tiro memorialises the young firebrand's life.
  
  
• Nigeria: 12 Takeaways From the Book About Dapo Olorunyomi (Dapsy)
  [Premium Times] The book, Testimony to courage, Essays in honor of Dapo Olorunyomi is a collection of essays written by over 90 writers to celebrate Dapo Olurunyomi. This book edited by Chido Onumah and Frederick Adetiba has 404 pages. Reading the book gives you a glimpse into the life of Dapsy- as he is called by his friends. Dapsy is currently the Publisher/ Chief Executive officer of the Premium Times an award-winning media organization in Nigeria. Richard Akinnola (one of the writers in the book ) called the Premium T
  
  
• Nigeria: Dapsy: Father of Modern Investigative Journalism in Nigeria
  [Daily Trust] Book Title: Testimony to Courage: Essays in Honour of Dapo Olorunyomi Editors: Chido Onumah and Frederick Adetiba Publishers: Kappa and Omega Company, Abuja Pages: 404 It has been sluggish strides, like baby-steps. That is the journey of newspapering in Nigeria from being a church bulletin, established in 1859 by Reverend Henry Townsed, to a platform for public accountability.