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Measuring Time, winner of the Virginia Library Foundation prize for fiction (2008), follows the lives of two persons (Mamo and LaMamo) and how the course of their dreams, motivations, disinterest and conflicts revolve around family, settings and emotions.
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
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.
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.
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”.
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.
I enjoy writing most of my stories in first person. It allows for intimacy, and readers feel like they’re hearing someone’s diary or voice notes.
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.
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.
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.
The gangs did not cow to old men with massive paunches anymore. They deferred to youthful zeal and brutality, not outdated, restricting ideals
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?
Something Like Gold, miss or hit?
I can't really say, but the sexual tension between the characters and the happy ever after make it a worthy watch.
Instead of doing anything interesting, Kinda Pregnant settles for lazy jokes, tired tropes, and unfunny weirdness. Hard pass.
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.
Family Gbese incorporates both Igbo and Yoruba, bringing some cultural dynamism to the plot, which adds to its realism and appeal to diverse audiences.
