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Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel for literature
73-year-old Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for literature
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah reacts to winning the 2021 Nobel Prize for literature. Eritrean-born Awet Tesfaiesus is among the newly elected MPs of Germany's Bundestag. South African Archbishop and Anti-apartheid champion Desmond Tutu turns 90. And, What will it take for South Africa to change from an overreliance on coal to greater use of renewable energy?
(Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah. Credit: Getty Images)
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