NYAC S4 E2: Lusophone Africa, We See You

Not Your African Cliché

On this episode, the ladies of NYAC chat with the incredible Yovanka Perdigao (one-third of Not Another Book Podcast)about lusophone Africa, its under-representation in African literary spaces and the importance of translation of Afro-lusophone narratives. Find Yovanka on: Twitter- @postcolonialchi IG- @postcolonialchild website- https://www.yovanka.co.uk/ Referenced: https://www.ozy.com/opinion/the-case-for-lusophone-african-literature/83117 http://afrikult.com/say-what-where-are-the-black-writers-from-portuguese-africa/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/12/portugal-race Jose Eduardo Agalusa The ultimate tragedy by Abdulai Silá Recommendations from Yovanka: - Confession of the Lioness by Mia Coutu (Mozambican writer) - Sleepwalking Land by Mia Coutu - Malangatana (Mozambican visual artist) - Afrohouse/kuduru (music) - Buraka Som Sistema (band) - Pepetela (Angolan writer) - Good morning, comrades by Ondjaki (Angolan writer) - Sousa Jamba (author from Angola) - The ultimate tragedy by Abdulai Silá (author from Guinea-Bissau) - Francisco Ferreira (poet from São Tomé e Príncipe) - Alda Espírito Santo (poet from São Tomé e Príncipe)