
The roots of our storytelling
What happens when we stop reading African fiction through European literary history and instead trace its worldmaking through indigenous cosmology?
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Karen Chalamilla is a culture writer and researcher based in Dar es Salaam.

What happens when we stop reading African fiction through European literary history and instead trace its worldmaking through indigenous cosmology?

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