- 6 January 2018
BBC News
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The 'ironic' question of Nigerian writing
The 'ironic' question of Nigerian writing
By Paul Harrison BBC UGC and
Social News
Adichie's Purple Hibiscus was nominated for both the Orange Prize and
Booker Prize in 2004
Thousands of people across
social media have been posting about Nigeria's literary heritage after a
journalist asked acclaimed writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie if there were any
bookshops in her country.
People have tweeted about the
author more than 16,000 times since the question was asked in a public
interview on Thursday evening in Paris.
A response on Friday posted by Adichie
on her Facebook page has drawn a further 13,000 reactions and more than a thousand comments,
and been shared over 3,000 times across the social networking site.
The interview - part of the
Night Of Ideas event, a French government-backed initiative - was broadcast on
Twitter and Facebook by the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, and has been viewed nearly 38,000 times.
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@francediplo_EN
Journalist Caroline Broue
asked Adichie if people read her books in Nigeria. Adichie replied, "They
do, shockingly."
Broue then asked: "Are
there any bookshops in Nigeria?"
Broue added news in France
about Nigeria was dominated by stories of Boko Haram and violence, and the
bookshop question was an invitation for Adichie to talk about a different
aspect of her country.
Adichie has called for Broue not to be "pilloried"
The author of Americanah and
Purple Hibiscus replied: "I think it reflects very poorly on French people
that you have to ask me that question.
"My books are read in
Nigeria. They are studied in schools. Not just Nigeria, across the continent in
Africa."
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@hadekneeyi
Others praised the author's
reply and criticised the journalist's questions, but acknowledged the
"reality" of the perception of Nigeria.
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@ronkelawal
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@_Fraulious
Some wished to remind people
of Nigeria's literary heritage, by citing writers and poets such as Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and Ben Orki.
In 1986, Soyinka was the first
African to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. Achebe won the Man Booker International Prize in
2007, beating writers including
Ian McEwan and Salman Rushide.
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@MsFisayo
In her Facebook post the day
after the interview, Adichie said Broue was "trying to be ironic,"
which had not worked, and wished that the journalist "would not be
publicly pilloried."
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Senegal mourns Sufi cleric
Senegal mourns Sufi cleric
Alex Duval Smith
BBC Africa, Dakar
Businesses across the country have remained shut.
The head of the Sufi Mouride sect, Serigne Sidy Mokhtar Mbacke, was buried on Tuesday night. He was in his mid-nineties.
The Senegalese president Macky Sall cancelled his weekly meeting with government ministers to travel to Touba to visit the tomb.
Senegal's Muslim brotherhoods play a key role in politics and business.
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Casamance: Thirteen dead in attack in restive Senegalese region
Casamance: Thirteen dead in attack in restive Senegalese region
Thirteen people have been killed in an attack in the restive southern Senegalese region of Casamance.
Hospital
workers who have seen the bodies said some of the victims had been
shot, others decapitated. The dead are said to be teenagers.It is not clear yet who carried out the attack.
Casamance has seen a long-running conflict between the government and the MFDC rebel group, which wants independence. Thousands have died.
The Senegalese military said the attack may be connected to the recent release from custody of two MFDC members.
Local media suggested the youths were attacked by a group hostile to the MFDC while collecting wood.
Once home to a thriving tourist industry, Casamance is separated from the Senegalese capital, Dakar, by The Gambia.
It is home to numerous ethnic groups, including many Christians, while northern areas are dominated by three, largely Muslim communities.
Violence has largely waned since a 2014 ceasefire agreed between the government and rebels.
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Senegal country profile
Republic of Senegal
Long considered one of Africa's model democracies, the western African nation of Senegal has a tradition of stable governments and civilian rule.
The country's stability has allowed it to send peacekeeping troops to DR Congo, Liberia and Kosovo.
Slaves, ivory and gold were exported from the coast during the 17th and 18th centuries and now the economy is based mainly on agriculture. The money sent home by Senegalese living abroad is a key source of revenue.
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FACTS
Capital: Dakar
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Population 15.5 million
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Area 196,722 sq km (75,955 sq miles)
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Major languages French (official), Wolof
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Major religion Islam
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Life expectancy 65 years (men), 69 years (women)
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Currency CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc
8th century - Present-day Senegal is part of the Kingdom of Ghana.
1677 - French take over island of Goree from the Dutch, the start of nearly 300 years of French oversight.
1756-63 - Seven Years' War: Britain takes over French posts in Senegal, forms colony of Senegambia. France regains its holdings during American Revolutionary War of 1775-83.
1960 - Senegal becomes an independent country.
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Tanzania's conjoined twins see heart specialist
BBC
The details of their heart condition have not been revealed.
But a spokesperson for the Jakaya Kikwete Heart Institute told BBC Swahili that the two were in good spirits “laughing, talking and chatting on their phones”.
Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti began their university course in September 2017.
In May, they told the BBC’s Leonard Mubali reporter that they want to become teachers and hope to get married to one husband in the future.
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