025: 2019 Bookish Review

01/15/19 • 33 min

In this episode, we are discussing (relatively) new African literature we are excited to read in 2019. FOLLOW US facebook.com/thesankofabc twitter.com/thesankofabc instagram.com/thesankofa.bc goodreads.com/thesankofabc Newsletter: eepurl.com/cHg_fH SHOUTOUTS/MENTIONS Music: Ryan Little - Traffic Jam African Book Addict: Interested in the #ReadGhanaian challenge 👉🏾 @africanbookaddict (Twitter + Instagram),

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