Blogs in January 2025

Beyond the Door of No Return 15th January 2025

1806. The renowned botanist Michel Adanson is dying. His last word is a woman’s name: Maram. But who was she? Searching for the answer, Adanson’s daughter discovers a journal of his youthful travels in Senegal, which tells a story...

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At Night All Blood Is Black 1st April 2021

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2021 Alfa and Mademba are two of the many Senegalese soldiers fighting in the Great War. Together they climb dutifully out of their trenches to attack France’s German enemies whenever the whistle blows,...

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