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A Memoir
by Wole Soyinka
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by Uwem Akpan
Published Jul 2009
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by Wangari Maathai
Published Sep 2007
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by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Published Sep 2007
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by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Published Aug 2007
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by Diana Evans
Published Sep 2006
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by Helen Oyeyemi
Published Apr 2006
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