African Literature and Digital Culture

IN THE 21ST CENTURY, digital literary culture originating from the African continent has exploded. I still remember the early years, when Kindles first came into our lives and everyone was weighing in on whether ebooks were going to mean the death of literature. Back then, everything was fresh and interesting: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talks […] The post African Literature and Digital Culture appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

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