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	<title>3rd World Consciousness, 1st World Efficiency</title>
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		<title>Seasons Greetings from Cassava Republic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a rewarding year for Cassava Republic and we would like to share our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who supported us in the last 12 months. We look forward to an exciting new year as we roll out new &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/12/21/seasons-greetings-from-cassava-republic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The root of all literature</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we were excited to attend a panel discussion on Creative Storytelling in Nigeria organised by the Swedish Embassy in Abuja. Attendees discussed new ways of telling stories to children and examined the ways in which children’s literature in Nigeria &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/12/04/the-root-of-all-literature/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting our intellectual property</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chinelo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first questions authors often ask publishers is how safe their intellectual property will be in their hands. In Nigeria, this question often comes up even before an author hands over their manuscript for review – long before &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/11/09/protecting-our-intellectual-property/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;On Black Sisters Street&#8217; Wins NLNG prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chinelo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nigeria Prize for literature has just announced the winner of its 2012 prize: &#8220;On Black Sister&#8217;s Street&#8221; by Chika Unigwe. The prize is one of Nigeria&#8217;s leading prizes for literature and has a cash value of US$100, 000. Unigwe &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/11/01/on-black-sisters-street-wins-nlng-prize/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Airing our dirty laundry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chinelo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disagreements between authors and publishers are as old as the printing press. Authors concerned about the fidelity of their craft often feel that publishers are too eager to distort their material for commercial appeal. While publishers often complain that authors &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/10/19/airing-our-dirty-laundry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Cities: Jozi and Las Gidi in the imagination</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the end of the twentieth-century Lagos had become established as one of the world’s pre-eminent fictionalized cities, as with London and Paris by the end of the previous century.” – Prof. Chris Dunton, National University of Lesotho (2005) “When &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/10/04/a-tale-of-two-cities-jozi-and-las-gidi-in-the-imagination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SPace: Currencies in Contemporary African Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeremy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contemporary African Art has been on the brink of rebirth for a while. With artists such as El Anatsui, Victor Ekpuk, Ndidi Dike, Romuald Hazoume and Owusu Ankomah,and galleries like the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, art from West &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/09/09/space-currencies-in-contemporary-african-art/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lola Shoneyin at the Storymoja Hay Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chinelo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our very own Lola Shoneyin, poet and author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives will be heading a poetry workshop at this year’s Storymoja Hay Festival in Nairobi. According to its website, the Storymoja Hay Festival is one &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/09/06/lola-shoneyin-at-the-storymoja-hay-festival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A great review of Tiny Sunbirds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chinelo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this great review of Christie Watson&#8217;s Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by activist and blogger Ekine Sokari: If literature represents a nation’s consciousness, that is, an awakening, then the Niger Delta has finally begun to seep into the minds &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/08/28/a-great-review-of-tiny-sunbirds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Facebook Echo Chamber</title>
		<link>http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/08/15/the-facebook-echo-chamber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chinelo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media such as Facebook and Twitter have brought people together in unprecedented ways. In literary circles authors can get directly in touch with their fans, other authors and even their reviewers. This has been an amazing advantage for writers. &#8230; <a href="http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/blog/2012/08/15/the-facebook-echo-chamber/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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