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The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

January 25, 2022 .

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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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Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

July 26, 2024 .

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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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How Depression Saved My Life

Excerpt: How Depression Saved My Life by Chude Jideonwo

November 10, 2025 .

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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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Book Review: For You I’d Steal A Goat

May 21, 2026 .

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For a collection of short stories, Niq Mhlongo manages to give his characters depth in a few pages/sentences.

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Helon Habila's Measuring Time

A Dissertation On Helon Habila’s Measuring Time

July 20, 2025 .

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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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The Middle Daughter

The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe

May 16, 2023 .

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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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