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Take a seat, you are now in the village square. Enjoy!
Summons to the Village Square No. 002

  a conversation with Karen Jennings on her story, Crooked Seeds   In Africa, the village square is where conversations are held and disputes settled. At The Village Square Journal it is our desire to model conversations around this idea. To summon authors we have published to discuss and dissect the ideas behind their work and writing process.   In Summons to the Village Square No. 002 Obinna Udenwe holds conversation with Karen Jennings, the South African author of…

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Summons to the Village Square No. 001

          A conversation between Obinna Udenwe & Jayne Bauling on her story, Ancient Words   Every time I visit my village of Ogada Edda – a rice-rich settlement – in the State of Ebonyi, Nigeria, I would be woken most morning by the thundering sound of the village gong, only that it is not a gong but an old vehicle rim hanging on a tree branch at the centre of the village. Most times, I…

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