Fatou Jaw Manneh: Dame of the Flaming Pen

InterviewNovember 5, 2007

Q: What motivated or inspired you to write?A: Political stagnation at that time, corruption and nepotism mainly motivated me. I also believe that no human being should sit on… More

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Almost 50 libraries damaged or destroyed. Thousands forced to close. Russian soldiers have “seized or destroyed Ukrainian history books and literature they deemed to be ‘extremist’. Hundreds of textbooks removed from schools. Collections of irreplaceable manuscriptsbombed/burned. https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1598708232419262469

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