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Ondjaki

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Ondjaki

Ondjaki was born in Luanda in 1977. His books include O Assobiador (The Whistler), Bom dia camaradas (Good Morning, Comrades), Quantas madrugadas tem a noite (How many Dawns has the Night), and Os da minha rua (On My Street).

Articles by Ondjaki

The Sky’s Seams Burst

Rain was no longer rain!

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

Comrade António and the Cuban Teachers

“But Comrade António, don’t you prefer to live in a free country?”I liked to ask this question when I came into the kitchen. I’d open the refrigerator and take out the water bottle.…

Translated from Portuguese by Stephen Henighan

Dragonfly

for Dr. Carvalhoif from these stones one announced what creates silence: here, close by, [ . . . ] this would open, like a wound you would have to plunge into–Paul Celan, “The Power of Light”A…

Translated from Portuguese by Lisa Grayson

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