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		<title>Championing literary translation in Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I read an excellent article by Carl Terver on &#8220;The Middleclass Problem of Nigerian Writing.&#8221; He writes about the inaccessibility of contemporary Nigerian literature to the masses of people. It is too expensive, it is not well-marketed, it is &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2026/03/21/championing-literary-translation-in-nigeria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hausa returns to SOAS, University of London, via a partnership with Bayero University Kano</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; My first encounter with SOAS was in 2005 when I studied Hausa with Professor Malami Buba in Sokoto. He had done his PhD in Linguistics at SOAS and had taught Hausa at the university and had also worked with &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2026/01/14/hausa-returns-to-soas-university-of-london-via-a-partnership-with-bayero-university-kano/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Transcript of Bishop Mariann Bude&#8217;s sermon during the 2025 US inaugural prayer service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So, I haven&#8217;t posted to this blog in over five years, since before COVID. My apologies. I have been meaning to revive it for years now. So, here&#8217;s my first post back. Today, I saw clips from Episcopal Bishop Mariann &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2025/01/22/transcript-of-bishop-mariann-budes-sermon-during-the-2025-us-inaugural-prayer-service/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Charles Etubiebi&#8217;s one man performance of Africa Ukoh&#8217;s play 54 Silhouettes at the United Solo Festival in New York, 20 November 2019</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Wednesday, November 20, 2019, Charles Etubiebi will perform a one man show adaptation of Africa Ukoh&#8217;s play 54 Silhouettes at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York. (You can buy tickets here).  54 Silhouettes is the first Nigerian &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2019/11/19/charles-etubiebis-one-man-performance-of-africa-ukohs-play-54-silhouettes-at-the-united-solo-festival-in-new-york-20-november-2019/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Abba Makama&#8217;s new film The Lost Okoroshi (screenplay by Africa Ukoh) to premiere at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Creative duo director Abba Makama and screenwriter Africa Ukoh strike again. For the second time a film collaboration between the two will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Update 5 September 2019: The film has also been selected to screen &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2019/08/10/abba-makamas-new-film-the-lost-okoroshi-screenplay-by-africa-ukoh-to-premiere-at-the-2019-toronto-film-festival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>My review of Lesley Nneka Arimah&#8217;s collection of short stories What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky in the American Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As with almost all of my posts these days, this one is a year overdue, but with Lesley Nneka Arimah&#8217;s recent Caine Prize win for her fantastic short story &#8220;Skinned&#8221; first published in McSweeney&#8217;s, I was reminded that I had &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2019/07/17/my-review-of-lesley-nneka-arimahs-collection-of-short-stories-what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky-in-the-american-book-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interview with playwright and screenwriter Africa Ukoh, whose play is currently on at the Lagos Theatre Festival</title>
		<link>https://carmenmccain.com/2019/04/13/interview-with-playwright-and-screenwriter-africa-ukoh-whose-play-is-currently-on-at-the-lagos-theatre-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An interview I did last July with playwright and screenwriter Africa Ukoh has been published by Brittle Paper. His play 54 Silhouettes is currently being performed as a one-man show at the Lagos Theatre Festival. <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2019/04/13/interview-with-playwright-and-screenwriter-africa-ukoh-whose-play-is-currently-on-at-the-lagos-theatre-festival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>2018 Santa Barbara Film Festival begins with loss and love in Emilio Estevez&#8217;s social drama, the public</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Emilio Estevez's film The Public premieres at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in a moment when the issue of homelessness feels closer than ever. Hundreds of California homes have been destroyed over the past two months by fire and mud, and as a character in the film points out, homelessness is only a job-loss away.  <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2018/02/01/2018-santa-barbara-film-festival-begins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Photographic Memory 1: props for Blood and Henna</title>
		<link>https://carmenmccain.com/2017/11/13/photographic-memory-1-props-for-blood-and-henna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It has been nearly a year since I posted on this blog, in the fevered anguish so many of us felt after the election and inauguration of America&#8217;s current glorious leader. After that, I lost the heart to write and &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2017/11/13/photographic-memory-1-props-for-blood-and-henna/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>For my loved ones in Republican states, call your representatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Republican loved one living in a &#8220;Red&#8221; State (from your non-Republican loved one living in a &#8220;Blue&#8221; state), View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carmen McCain (@carmenmccain) Thank you for listening, two days ago, to me &#8230; <a href="https://carmenmccain.com/2017/01/29/for-my-loved-ones-in-republican-states-call-your-representatives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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