Category: African Literature

February 16, 2023
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

I have read people say that Eve was grieving too much, and I am curious to know what exactly it means to be grieving too much

February 16, 2023
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

The book holds me softly, cuddly, and I am glad I decided to read it when I did. I was totally blown away, and for this reason, I totally recommend it.

February 8, 2023
The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon

The writing was very readable, with simple words and sentences that flowed easily.

January 14, 2023
An Orchestra Of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

This is a beautifully written story, a love story, an odyssey, and ultimately a tragedy. An undeniable stunner.

January 1, 2023
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

I know my heart races fast and constricts when it comes to Vagabonds! This book is activism in literary form.

January 1, 2023
Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

I have never read anything as honest and raw as this book. The emotions carried in this book are so real that readers can literally feel the characters' emotions.

November 8, 2022
God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

I highly recommend this book from the deepest part of my heart and soul, with my generation and gods backing me. This is a 5-star read and deserves all the flowers.

November 3, 2022
The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukewe-Onuobia

Nwabulu keeps me up a lot; I think of her struggles and pain, I see her, I see her story, and I live all the women who have been emptied off through her.

November 3, 2022
Afonja: The Rise (Oyo Empire Histories #1) by Tunde Leye

This book is rich in tradition and customs, from ritual suicide to honor killings and you'll get more than a glimpse into proper African society.

October 19, 2022
Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John

It is necessary to know how... religious intolerance has taken squatter’s rights in Northern Nigeria and how our indifference to this will be our undoing.

October 13, 2022
Daughters Who Walk This Path by Yejide Kilanko

Choked by the fear of shaming her parents, she sets boundaries but leaves certain overfamiliar frontiers unchecked.

September 17, 2022
Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen

Many men still deem their families incomplete without a male child, and I cannot grasp the concept

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