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Maaza Mengiste
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Maaza Mengiste

How to pronounce Maaza Mengiste: MAH-zuh mehn-JEE-stay

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  • Fatin Abbas

    Fatin Abbas

    Fatin Abbas was born in Khartoum, Sudan and raised in New York. She gained her BA in English from the University of Cambridge, her PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University, and her MFA in Creative Writing from ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    The Shadow King

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    by Fatin Abbas

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is from Abba, in Anambra State, but grew up in the university town of Nsukka where she attended primary and secondary schools and briefly studied Medicine and ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Beneath the Lion's Gaze

    Try:
    Half of a Yellow Sun
    by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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