Book Review: For You I’d Steal A Goat
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 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 18, 2026 .
classics, Contemporary Fiction, Literature reviews
This book is one of those rare Bildungsroman novels that feels both intimate and devastating. I felt all the emotions despite the ...
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April 18, 2026 .
Book review
The Second Stone feels like a bridge between two plateaus, and an uneventful but necessary trip from the highs of book 2 and whate...
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March 23, 2026 .
Fantasy
The Kheld King continues in the character-driven vein of its predecessor, while bringing more drama and action to a solidly woven ...
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March 3, 2026 .
Fantasy, Reviews
The final act in The Devils was a complete ten out of ten, from the betrayals to the reveals and secrets. I’m intrigued to s...
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February 23, 2026 .
Opinions
Adesuwa does exceptionally well and deserves credit for centering women over forty as worthy of love. Not consolation love. Not “s...
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February 23, 2026 .
African Literature, Lists
These are the books that could hold that kind of attention again. Not because they’re flawless, but because they can survive still...
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January 19, 2026 .
Fantasy, Reviews
Sordaneon was a timely reminder of why few pleasures genuinely compare to reading, and why the fantasy genre remains my first lite...
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December 28, 2025 .
Figuring out strengths can be confusing. Sometimes people think it’s obvious, but really, most don’t know until they try stuff, fa...
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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 27, 2025 .
African Literature, Essays
Contemporary African literature distinguishes itself by reclaiming both the right to tell African stories and to define their term...
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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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