How Ivory Coast’s roots-reggae champion Tiken Jah Fakoly became Montreal’s...
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Half of a Yellow Sun is based on the book of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A book review in the Guardian says “Reading this novel is as close as you can get to the terrifying experience of...
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