The Kaya-Girl is the first young adult fiction I have read since I was a young adult (which seems a very long time ago). I often think about what young women are reading about, and how it influences their ideas of their world and their own power, but I haven't engaged much with what's out there… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15: Book 2: Mamle Wolo – The Kaya Girl
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Read Women Write 2014/15 Book 1: Yewande Omotoso, Bom Boy
I was privileged to attend the AWW14 African Women's Creative Non-Fiction Writing Workshop hosted by the AWDF and FEMRITE in July 2014. The workshop lasted 10 days and was facilitated by Yewande Omotoso and Mamle Kabu. My fellow participants were amazing (read more about them here) and the facilitation was excellent. I had known about… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15 Book 1: Yewande Omotoso, Bom Boy
Read Women Write – Every day!
In 2014 I decided to read only African women writers from September 2014 to August 2015. This was truly one of the most exciting projects I've ever embarked on and I must admit that in the year since I've stopped the project I've hardly read anything else. Reading African women writers meant reading about experiences… Continue reading Read Women Write – Every day!
Jen Thorpe 