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Someday, Maybe

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
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Open Water

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.
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The Teller of Secrets

The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon

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

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

I know my heart races fast and constricts when it comes to Vagabonds! This book is activism in literary form.
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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.
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God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

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.
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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.
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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.
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Born on a Tuesday

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.
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Daughter Who Walk This Path

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.
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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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