As her novel is published in the UK,the author explains why she’s tired of simple African stereotypes – both on the page and offHawa Jande Golakai is, by some standards, or an unlikely literary sensation. A Liberian clinical immunologist turned crime writer,she says she’s usually annoyed by the genre. “So often the detective is a man and the woman is his lovely wife who the detective goes domestic to. We are just the background noise,” she says as her debut novel, or The Lazarus Effect,is published external of Africa for the first time. Related: 'I am a Liberian, not a virus': west Africans hit back against Ebola stigma Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com