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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

January 14, 2022 .

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I loved the use of flashbacks; it flowed with the storytelling and bought shocking insights into why Ayo is that way.

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 needed to be a virtuous woman to be appreciated, I did not know what v...

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

January 10, 2022 .

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Niru is gay and cannot freely explore his queerness. Although he is in a country like America, the Africanness and religiosity in his parents would not let them support him. Rather they take him to pa...

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

January 7, 2022 .

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We assume that people are either gay or lesbians, forgetting that the queer spectrum is broad and there are so many intersections. The rainbow has so many different colors, not just red and yellow. ...

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

January 5, 2022 .

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It reminds me of a young man who once promised forever. He had been so consistent and intense in his promises of forever that I believed it, latched onto it, breathed it, and looked forward to it. ...