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What do you imagine it’s like to be an #African writer in Europe? A sometimes strange experience, according to France-based Chadian poet, novelist and essayist #Nimrod Djangrang Bena (Pictured). Here’s a quote from an interview we just did with him: “Sometimes they ask me with a big smile, Did you ever pat a lion? A very renowned [European] painter wants poems from me about elephants. An African is supposed to know about elephants. But, I don’t see why I know them better than a European.” Can you believe it? “Enjoy” the rest of the interview here: bit.ly/1opuM0e
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 18:30:00 +0000

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