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On 11 december 1906, Senegalese poet and storyteller Birago Diop was born. Diop's work restored general interest in African folktales and promoted him to one of the most outstanding African francophone writers. He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly
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On 12 Sept. 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died as a consequence of state violence following his arrest. He was at the forefront of an anti-apartheid campaign the Black Consciousness Movement. He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/ZGspQBxfkd.
Wahome Mutahi (24 October 1954 – 22 July 2003) was a celebrated Kenyan writer, humorist, and journalist. He was popularly known as Whispers after the name of the column he wrote for The Daily Nation (1982-2003).
He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly
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On 17 April 1929 the Senegalese author and feminist Mariama Bâ was born in Dakar. She is known for her two novels So Long a Letter (1979) and Scarlet Song (1981). Mariama Bâ is featured in our #LibraryWeekly. https://t.co/rcl6TpfWxC
Jean-Marie Adé Adiaffi or Jean-Marie Adiaffi (1 January 1941 – 15 November 1999) was a writer, screenwriter, filmmaker and Ivorian critic. He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/KMtM5Ac0dE
On 14 september 1924 Sierra Leone Creole academic, diplomat, physician, writer and poet Davidson Nicol was born in Freetown. He was the first to analyse the breakdown of insulin in the human body, He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly.https://t.co/6QrRRckKfz
On 27 June 1948, South African-born German anthropologist and philologist Dorothea Frances Bleek died in Newlands, Cape Town at the age of 75. She is known for her research on the San in Southern Africa. Dorothea Bleek is featured in our #LibraryWeekly.
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On 27 May 1977, one of the most famous Bissau-Guinean poets and musicians of the 20th century, José Carlos Schwarz, died near Havana at the age of 27. His works and actions have inspired generations of musicians. He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly. https://t.co/bZkvk7MGkC
On 31 March 2021, Angolan poet and scholar Arlindo Barbeitos, in full Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos, died in Luanda at the age of 80. He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly. Enjoy reading his poems, books and articles. https://t.co/iLiWbtK937
On 25 March 2019, Nigerian poet and novelist Gabriel Imomotimi Okara died at the age of 97 in Yenagoa, Nigeria. The first modernist poet of Anglophone Africa. He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/easWWgvbR7
On 8 March 2021,Guinean historian, playwright,and short story writer Djibril Tamsir Niane died at the age of 89.He is probably best known for introducing the West African epic 'Sunjata' to the rest of Africa and the world at large.See our #LibraryWeekly.
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Spotlight on Nigerian filmmaker Tunde Kelani, popularly known as TK,born on 26 February 1948 in Lagos.@tkelani specialises in producing movies that promote #Nigeria's rich cultural heritage and promotion of the culture.He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly. https://t.co/VlrQNuDg10
On 20 February 1952, Muslim scholar, poet and imam Ustadh Mau, was born on #Lamu island. Since the 1970s, audio recordings and, to a lesser extent, printed versions of his poems have been circulating on the Kenyan coast and beyond. See our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/oAlH0lCr6x
On 27 January 2020, Tunisian Internet activist, blogger and lecturer in linguistics at Tunis University, Lina Ben Mhenni died at the age of 36. She is internationally recognised for her work during the 2011 Tunisian revolution. #LibraryWeekly. https://t.co/demBhabCaB
In 1793, Fulani scholar, poet and educator Nana Asma’u was born in a village called Degel. Her Yan Taru, a programme aimed at making education accessible to all, especially women, continues into the 21st century. She is featured in our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/IUqmiYBBGg
On [31?] December 1949, Bissau-Guinean film director Flora Gomes was born in Cadique. Gomes's 'Mortu Nega' (Death Denied; 1988) won the prestigious Oumarou Ganda Prize at FESPACO 1989.He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly. https://t.co/SFyeiSM6pL
![ASCLeiden's tweet photo. On [31?] December 1949, Bissau-Guinean film director Flora Gomes was born in Cadique. Gomes's 'Mortu Nega' (Death Denied; 1988) won the prestigious Oumarou Ganda Prize at FESPACO 1989.He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly. https://t.co/SFyeiSM6pL https://t.co/5kypQwPRAC](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkFPc4ZWQAEWFF_.jpg)
Spotlight on Santomean poet and journalist Maria da Conceição de Deus Lima, also known as Conceição Lima, born on 8 December 1961. She is featured in our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/8ZoDFh8HqW
On 30 November 2015, Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist Fatema Mernissi died in Rabat at the age of 75. Her legacy can be greatly attributed to her scholarly and literary contributions to the early Islamic feminist movement. See our: #LibraryWeekly.https://t.co/uqbwdNddIK
Spotlight on South African-Scottish author and academic Zoë Wicomb, born on 23 November 1948 in South Africa. Wicomb was awarded the inaugural Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for her fiction.
She is featured in our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/Ui04Ec3BN0
On 15 November 1996, Ugandan climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate was born in Kampala. She became a celebrity in 2018 after becoming concerned about the unusually high temperatures in her country. @vanessa_vash is featured in our #LibraryWeekly https://t.co/wq1LZp83dU
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