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Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, who we read for our "Fictive Kin" discussion, talks Outkast with Ben Ratliff and the worth of black stories with Kameelah Janeen Rasheed.
Roxane Gay's debut novel, An Untamed State was released in May, read an excerpt here.
For the month of June, the National Black Programming Consortium is screening short films set in the Caribbean on its YouTube page. Watch the first short, Passage, here.
If you've been procrastinating on reading the stories on the Caine Prize shortlist, you can listen to them here.
Tope Folarin, another author from our "Fictive Kin" discussion and last year's Caine Prize winner, was named as one of the Africa39. Read about the project and see the full list of writers here.
In the spirit of the season, check out these literary World Cup competitions: Poetry World Cup 2014 & The World Cup of Literature.
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