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January 24, 2022
A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks

Love, cheating, heartbreak, domestic violence, family, police brutality were some of the themes covered in this collection of short stories because this collection is infused with the magic of evocative storytelling you might be drawn to or haunted by a character or two. 

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January 12, 2022
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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

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January 12, 2022
The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

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 virtue meant, and honestly, I still don't.

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January 5, 2022
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

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.

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November 6, 2021
Wole Soyinka: A Legend or an Overrated Grammarian?

Except if you have been living under a rock or in outer space since the beginning of time, there is no way you wouldn't have heard of Wole Soyinka.

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October 26, 2021
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic #1) by Suyi Davies Okungbowa.

For the first time since Zahrah the Wind seeker, I have discovered another well-researched, thoughtfully analyzed, and planned history in an African Epic Fantasy that I instantly fell into. The different races, their hierarchy, and the impact that had on their lives. It was interesting having a spin on how the world functions without having […]

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October 17, 2021
I Do Not Come To You By Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

What is good and evil? Is the crime in the act itself or the stimulating motive?

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October 15, 2021
Stay With Me by Ayòbámi Adébáyọ̀

It's fiction from the deepest hells of reality

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October 15, 2021
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

The story is an apartheid eye-opener

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October 12, 2021
Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Hopefully, the reading of a book as this will enlighten men and generally educate people in the making of the right choices regarding amatory unions.

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