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Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o By Remo Verdickt, Emiel Roothooft

"NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O is considered one of the leading writers on the African continent of the last 50 years. On December 31, 1977, he was arrested and spent a year in prison as an opponent of the Kenyatta dictatorship."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/prison-left-me-laughing-a-conversation-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/

Yakamein is a New Orleans dish fusing Asian & African cuisines.

It's thought to have originally been shared by Chinese laborers to their African counterparts, but has been popularized in modern times thanks to folks like Chef Linda Green, aka The Yakamein Lady.

Learn more about the origin of the dish, and Green's efforts to preserve it for future generations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k38HGCwhL2U

picks of the day:

➡️ @beverly_ochieng - Security & media analyst at BBC Monitoring, specialising in the , operations, conflicts

➡️ @TheConversationAfrica - News from across Africa, written by experts

➡️ @artcameroon - artist creating bright surreal paintings

➡️ @sheldricktrust - Rescuing & rehabilitating orphaned elephants, rhinos etc in

➡️ @JonathanMBR (main) & @Jonathan (blog) - school teacher working with disadvantaged kids