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‘Writers are Guardians of Truth.’ Tunrie Bisi-Afolabi’s First Draft.

December 20/January 21First DraftInterviews
Lawyer, editor at The Republic, and author of Fela’s Republic and the #EndSARS Protests, Tunrie Bisi-Afolabi, believes we need writers now more than ever. ‘Writers are guardians of truth,’ she says, ‘and in this climate of erasure and obliteration by the powers that be, writers have never had a more important mandate.’  Our questions are italicized.  What books or kinds of books did you read growing up?  Growing up, I read the staple required school books such as Cyp
 

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