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World Service,1 min

"The future of our continent is in the hands of women"

Focus on Africa

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Prize winning poet and novelist, Alain Mabanckou, is famed for his humorous depictions of everyday life in the city of his birth, Pointe Noire. He talks about the inspiration behind his latest novel, Black Moses, which follows the life of an orphan on a mission to become the coastal town's own Robin Hood. Picture: Congolese author, Alain Mabanckou, talks about the power of his writing. Credit: Âé¶¹Éç

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