Africa: Holiday Reading - Five Picks From a Great Year for African Writing

[The Conversation Africa] It's been a great year for African writing, with Tanzania's Abdulrazak Gurnah winning the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. South Africa's Damon Galgut lifted the Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Promise, and exciting prose continued to sprout. Peter Kimani, leading Kenyan author, journalist and academic, lists his top 5 picks.