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Modou Lamin Sowe, nick name- Modou Lamin Age-Almusaf Sowe (ML Sowe),none of Gambia’s finest young writer, the founder of the Young Writers' Association of The Gambia (YWAG) and the current Secretary General of the Writers' Association of The Gambia (WAG), who is also an emerging young West African writer and scholar is ready to complete his Africa tour in Abuja, Nigeria. ML Sowe will be joining West Africa's four other finest emerging young writers: Nyang God's Will N from Cameroon, Ernestina Edem Azah from Ghana and Tega Oghenechovwen and Maryam Boyi both from Nigeria, at the PenPen African Writer's Residency. The PenPen Africa is an African writers’ residency project that will feature twelve selected writers from across Africa. The programme being hold in both Nigeria and Kenya is slated from 1 July 2019 to June 30, 2020. This programme is implemented in partnership with the Writers Guild Kenya. It is funded by Culture at Work Africa a...

Mike Allen   Unsubscribe 11:11 (5 hours ago) to  me     View in browser   PRESENTED BY MORGAN STANLEY   Axios AM By Mike Allen  · Oct 30, 2019 Good morning from Chicago,  where I'll interview Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and other guests at the Merchandise Mart at 8 a.m. Please come see us!   Details . Today's Smart Brevity ™  count:  1,185 words ... 4 minutes.     1 big thing: A world of rising risks and little leadership Illustration: Axios Visuals   The era of American dominance  is "definitively over," war with China is growing more likely, and world leaders are risking long-term security by refusing to face challenges like climate change, according to a new Atlantic Council report, " Global Risks 2035 ." The takeaway ,  from  Axios World  editor Dave Lawler: Author Mathew Burrow...