"African works constitute books, movies,
and stories by black storytellers and
multidisciplinary artists"
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Top reviews and blog posts
January 25, 2022 .
africanliterature, nanadarkoa, thesexlivesofafricanwomen
As an African woman, I have lived in shame, and shame has lived in me. I told myself I was keeping my virginity for my husband. I ...
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July 26, 2024 .
africanliterature
More significantly, Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow is a subtle call to womanhood to love herself in whatever shape, colour, and ...
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November 10, 2025 .
Excerpt
In fact, on the morning of my birthday, just after we had broken up, I had spent time in the hotel begging someone else to love me...
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May 21, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review
For a collection of short stories, Niq Mhlongo manages to give his characters depth in a few pages/sentences.
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July 20, 2025 .
Essays
Measuring Time, winner of the Virginia Library Foundation prize for fiction (2008), follows the lives of two persons (Mamo and LaM...
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May 16, 2023 .
africanliterature, chikaunigwe
What goes through the mind of a woman who fears her own husband? This is the central question that begins the tragic story of Nani...
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Excerpts, interviews, releases and events
January 29, 2025 .
filmone, Nollywood
FilmOne Entertainment is excited to announce the official 2025 FilmOne Exhibitor’s Showcase, a highly anticipated event celebratin...
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January 9, 2025 .
filmone, Nollywood
As Nollywood continues to gain global recognition, Reel Love represents an exciting milestone in both storytelling and production ...
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January 6, 2025 .
amazonprime, familygbese, Nollywood
Family Gbese incorporates both Igbo and Yoruba, bringing some cultural dynamism to the plot, which adds to its realism and appeal ...
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December 21, 2024 .
amazonprime, Nollywood
Christmas In Lagos is a delightful romance movie with intriguing characters that evoke several pleasant emotions, setting viewers ...
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September 24, 2024 .
filmone, Nollywood
On Thursday, September 19th, FilmOne Entertainment hosted a spectacular Exhibitors Showcase themed “Cinema Without Borders I...
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March 26, 2024 .
breathoflife, Nollywood
Breath of Life is an aptly named Nollywood banger that’s sure to draw goosebumps from your skin in its God-awe-inspiring sho...
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October 18, 2023 .
movie, Netflix, Nollywood
The Black Book was a huge success. More importantly, it heralds an enviable future for the Nigerian film industry.
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July 2, 2023 .
movies, Netflix, Nollywood
The title is rather misleading as the storyline has little to do with either the stripper or the born-again. Instead, it should ha...
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Read essays, deep critiques, and analyses of African art, dynamics, ideology, and philosophy.
June 23, 2026 .
African Literature, Reviews
The title itself is a plea, a lamentation, a bucket of memories tired of the cycle. A question. An anger. An act of giving up and ...
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June 4, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review
The Parlour Wife is short and you could finish it in an afternoon. The writing is also easy to read and unpretentious.
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May 26, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review, Family Trauma
Plot-wise, it was well thought out. No unnecessary gaps, the central theme was clear from the jump. Oyinkan builds tension steadil...
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May 21, 2026 .
African Literature, Book review
For a collection of short stories, Niq Mhlongo manages to give his characters depth in a few pages/sentences.
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May 22, 2026 .
African Literature, Excerpt
Itohan had travelled to Juk to retrieve Ebuka’s badly mangled body and returned it to his old parents in their village in Imo Stat...
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November 19, 2025 .
African Literature, Excerpt
A Meal Is a Meal is a journey into the surprising and the bizarre, as well as the tantalising and the delicious.
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November 10, 2025 .
Excerpt
In fact, on the morning of my birthday, just after we had broken up, I had spent time in the hotel begging someone else to love me...
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November 7, 2025 .
Anthology, Excerpt, Narrative Landscape
But he walked out the door and said he would go, by foot, if necessary, to Afghanistan, to kill the infidels who were bombing Musl...
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November 5, 2025 .
African Literature, Excerpt
Those hours waiting for her mother to return were spent in a state of inertia; she wouldn’t have been able to say what she had don...
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November 3, 2025 .
African Literature, Excerpt, Middle Grade
By the time you get this, I will be far away. It is cowardly, I know, but I cannot see your faces and walk away. Please forgive me...
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October 23, 2025 .
African Literature
The Road to the Country is not about reimagining war. It’s about facing it; its chaos, silence and legacy. It’s about the people w...
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September 17, 2025 .
African Literature
Think of Freshwater book as Eddie and Venom: the parasitical aspect, with its supreme interactions with the ordinary.
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