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Reviewer: Ona Akinde

Ona Akinde is a Lagos-based writer and editor with a love for words and the powers they possess. She was a Wawa Book Review Young Literary Critics Fellow.
By Ona Akinde  Title: Diary of a Jewish Muslim  Author: Kamal Ruhayyim  Translator: Sarah Enany Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press Number of pages: 240 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction In the first half of the twentieth century,...

Freedom

By Ona Akinde  Title: Zura Maids Author: Apio Eunice Otuko Publisher: FEMRITE Publications Limited Number of pages: 300 Year of publication: 2017 Category: Fiction When we tell our stories of Africa, we cannot do so without highlighting the reality of human...

How Many Drinks?

By Ona Akinde  Title: Drunk Author: Jackson Biko Number of pages: 167 Year of publication: 2018 Category: Fiction For years, Jackson Biko has run Bikozulu, one...

Americana Blues

By Ona Akinde  Title: This American Life Sef Editors: Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo  Publisher: Winepress Publishing Number of pages: 94 Year of publication: 2016 Category: Essays Over the years, there has...

We Need to Tell Our Stories: A Review of She Called Me Woman

By Ona Akinde  Title: She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak Editors: Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan and Rafeeat Aliyu Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Number of pages: 357 ...

Colours for the Bright Young Ones

By Ona Akinde  Title: Dreamrun: Poems for Bright Young People Author: Tade Ipadeola Publisher: Metamorphic Books and Consulting Services Number of pages: 14 Year of publication: 2017 Category:...

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