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Curses, spirits and witchdoctors: The Sleepless
Nigerian novelist Nuzo Onoh speaks about her latest novel The Sleepless.
Inspired by the meeting of African beliefs with European Christianity, as well as Nigeria's post-colonial history, the book features bush doctors, spirits and human sacrifice.
Nuzo Onoh speaks to the BBC's Kim Chakanetsa.
(Photo: The Sleepless book cover and author Nuzo Onoh. Credit: Courtesy of the author.)
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