Great Reads from Around the Internet: April 22, 2013

ZODML rounds up the most interesting reads on the web:

The Digital Public Library Of America, the country's first public online-only library, has been launched
'The Worst Thing That Happened': a gorgeous short story by A. Igoni Barrett
Notable female characters in African books
(VIDEO) An insightful documentary on Kano's famous walls and the evolution of the city
When Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, an admirer came up to him and congratulated him with effusion, telling him how much he loved what he writes. “And what have you read by me?” asked Soyinka. “Things Fall Apart,” answered the admirer. - 'Chinua Achebe: the man behind the writer' by Congolese writer Emmanuel Dongala

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