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Africa is a feeling, says former African writer on Writers Unlimited

Nii Ayikwei Parks wants to write a book in which bad places in Africa are described as ideal, so that people who use his books as travel guides will be mugged and robbed and so will learn what fiction is. With this humorous statement, the British-born and UK-based writer, who spent his childhood with his Ghanaian parents in Ghana, brings some air into the evening at Writers Unlimited....

It was to be about writers formerly called African, and the lead would be in h...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

Nii Ayikwei Parks wants to write a book in which bad places in Africa are described as ideal, so that people who use his books as travel guides will be mugged and robbed and so will learn what fiction is. With this humorous statement, the British-born and UK-based writer, who spent his childhood with his Ghanaian parents in Ghana, brings some air into the evening at Writers Unlimited....

It was to be about writers formerly called African, and the lead would be in h...

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