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Dambisa Moyo. Isabel Dos Santos. Vera Songwe. Alengot Oromait. Lupita Nyong’o. These women are just some of the offerings from the second largest Continent on earth, Africa. Over the short few decades of post-colonial Africa, women from all reaches of the Continent have become just as highly valued a commodity as the land’s gold, oil and cocoa. Moreover, if we expand our understanding of what it means to ‘be African’ – that is, to trace back ones descendants to the land (though let’s not go too far back) the 54 glorious nations give you Condoleezza Rice, Zadie Smith, Dr Aileen Alleyne, Oprah, Beyoncé. These women are no small gifts. Read more…
Welcome to WOM4N, a month where we at 4th Estate give thanks to our female and feminist writers. Over the next 31 days we’ll be posting some brilliant female focused content including pieces on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the upcoming (and completely dazzling Beyonce quoted) ‘We Should All Be Feminists’, competitions and blogs on everybody’s favourite girl Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl, and Sali Hughes, our new best friend and straight talking beauty companion. There’ll be some soft (and hard) porn posts on the works of Nicki Gemmell, an exploration of the short story, as well as some delicious and exciting female #Foodfrom4th posts.
January may be well underway, but before you sweep 2013 under the carpet forever, spend a little time looking back on the year’s hits and misses. Here, some of the brightest lights in British publishing, including our own Nicholas Pearson, take the lead, as well as providing plenty of material for 2014’s To Read pile.
