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African Literature

Stories from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Egypt and the Black Diaspora 
April 15, 2025
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count isn’t particularly a happy one. It didn’t evoke hope in me, but it felt real, grounding, and even a little scary

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March 14, 2025
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

What I really liked about Dream Count is Adichie's tone. There's this gentleness in her writing—it's almost as if you can hear her voice.

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March 6, 2025
Happiness Is A Sickle-kinikan In My Belly by Isaiah Adepoju

I give Happiness Is A Sickle-kinikan In My Belly, a ten over ten rating but because of the perfectly harnessed themes, settings, conflicts, and resolutions.

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February 25, 2025
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

Vagabonds! is rich in themes of spiritualism, mysticism, queer dynamics, and possession, that literally takes on flesh, saying, “When you're ready, I'll be here”.

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February 21, 2025
My Parents' Marriage by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

My Parents' Marriage is about immigrant life in the US, how we all leave home with lofty dreams, only to meet a vastly different reality, and sometimes, struggle with that reality.

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February 20, 2025
Narrative Landscape Press Partners With Genti Audio to Distribute the Audiobook of Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Nigeria

Preorders for the Dream Count audiobook are now open on the Genti Audio app (available on iOS and Play Store) for a special preorder price of NGN 8,000.

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Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Epic, High, Grimdark, Steampunk, Romantasy, YA, Mytho-Fantasy, Science Fiction, African Fantasy and African Speculative Fiction 
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Editor's Picks
Exclusives, op-eds, news and original stories  
April 23, 2025
Scarlet: Shano Wole (Episode #5) by Ojo Akinwale

The original victim still lay forgotten in the sand, still writhing as concerned caregivers tried to make him comfortable with water, massages and one hundred suggestions on how to fix ruined knees.

March 4, 2025
Scarlet: L’Oluyole (Episode #4) by Ojo Akinwale

A stoic person, Yaya would very much be anywhere else but at the heart of Mafoluku, listening to music he’d grown up listening to, but had never loved.

February 25, 2025
Dear Bessem (These Letters End in Tears) | Non Fiction

What manner of love is this? A love that endures. A love that believes. They don’t make them like this anymore, Bessem. They don’t.

February 15, 2025
Scarlet: In Her Skin (Episode #3) by Ojo Akinwale

The gangs did not cow to old men with massive paunches anymore. They deferred to youthful zeal and brutality, not outdated, restricting ideals

February 10, 2025
February 1

He did seem to hate him. Was it just because he was the oldest in the office? Did Adigun remind him of someone he disliked?

February 8, 2025
Scarlet: Tools of the Trade (Episode #2) by Ojo Akinwale

“Better for you to confess now, so we find an arrangement that can see you do a light reformatory penance for your sins.’’

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Contemporary Fiction

Thrillers, Romance, Historical Fiction , Chick-Lit  and More Genres
Out in Greenwood by James A. Lyons
Out in Greenwood is fun, heartfelt, engaging, and leaves you with that nostalgic feeling of remembering what it’s like to be young and full of possibility....
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Nothing Comes Close by Tolulope Popoola
Nothing Comes Close is a story about Lola, a Nigerian woman living in London, and Wole, a mysterious man with a complicated past....
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The Other Side of Midnight by Olasunkanmi Ojulari
The Other Side of Midnight proves that nightlife is more than just fun—it’s a powerful part of culture, economy, and community. ...
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Salt by Selina Thompson
Salt is an excavation of the past in search of healing, a reckoning with the legacy of slavery, and a meditation on home—both real and imagined....
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Motion picture

 Nollywood, Neflix, Prime, Showmax and more
April 15, 2025
Everything I Hate About Kinda Pregnant: Movie Review

Instead of doing anything interesting, Kinda Pregnant settles for lazy jokes, tired tropes, and unfunny weirdness. Hard pass.

March 21, 2025
10 Reasons I Loved Marvel’s Agatha All Along: My Two Cents

And so begins the chaotic, snark-filled, witchy adventure that is the show Agatha All Along.I loved every second of it, and here’s why.

January 6, 2025
Movie Review: Family Gbese

Family Gbese incorporates both Igbo and Yoruba, bringing some cultural dynamism to the plot, which adds to its realism and appeal to diverse audiences.

December 21, 2024
Movie Review: Christmas In Lagos

Christmas In Lagos is a delightful romance movie with intriguing characters that evoke several pleasant emotions, setting viewers up just right for the festive season.

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