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Day 2: Song of Lawino, by Okot p'Bitek (7th June 1931–20th July 1982) |Uganda Song of Lawino was published in 1966, and is a narrative poem that describes how Lawino's husband, Ocol, the son of the tribal leader of the Acoli tribe, has a new white wife,Clementine. It was originally written in Acholi, and self-translated in to English "I lived for double English lessons in high school. That's when we'd read and analyse work by African authors. 'Poems from East Africa' and Okot p'Bitek's 'Song of Lawino' offered a doorway into poetry, into spaces and to ideas that I could finally connect with." - Wanjeri Gakuru Book availability: bitly.com/Day002 Photo: Wanjeri Gakuru | Photography by Mutua Matheka #100DaysofAfricanReads

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"Babamukuru was God, therefore I had arrived in Heaven. I was in danger of becoming an angel, or at the very least a saint, and forgetting how ordinary humans existed- from minute to minute and from hand to mouth" Tambu

Nervous Conditions, by Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Nyasha knew nothing about leaving. She had only been taken to places - to the mission, to England, back to the mission. She did not know what essential parts of you stayed behind no matter how violently you tried to dislodge them in order to take them with you.

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From 10th October 2014 - 8th January 2015, a book a day by an African author #100DaysofAfricanReads