Ayodele Ibiyemi is a lifetime student of Literature. He is also a reader who writes occasionally. For him, words are what makes the intractable world livable. Ayo tweets at @ayo_eagles. He was a Wawa Book Review Young Literary Critics Fellow.
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Ta L’olè Ajọ́mọgbé?
Author: Kọ́lá Akínlàdé
Publisher: University Press PLC
Number of pages: 151
Year of publication: 1992
Category: Fiction
Kọ́lá Akínlàdé’s novel, Ta L’olè Ajọ́mọgbé? (Who is the Kidnapper?), was published in 1992, when Nigeria was...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: The Open Door
Author: Latifa al-Zayyat
Translator: Marilyn Booth
Publisher: Hoopoe
Number of pages: 383
Year of publication: 2017
Category: Fiction
The Open Door begins with a protest by young Egyptians against the monarchy in which Mahmud Sulayman is injured. His...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Liminal
Author: Douglas Reid Skinner
Publisher: uHlanga Press
Number of pages: 77
Year of publication: 2017
Category: Poetry
Liminal is Douglas Reid Skinner’s seventh collection...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Embers
Author: Soji Cole
Publisher: Omojojolo Books (Emotion Press)
Number of pages: 101
Year of publication: 2018
Category: Drama
One of the raging arguments...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Maybe Tomorrow
Author: Soji Cole
Publisher: Kraft Books Limited
Number of pages: 79
Year of publication: 2013
Category: Drama
One of the issues attracting the...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Deserted
Author: Bob G Kisiki
Publisher: Rhema Books
Number of pages: 218
Year of publication: 2016
Category: Fiction
For Uganda, long years of dictatorship seem to have affected...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: A Story of Heroes and Epics: The History of Football in Nigeria
Author: Wiebe Boer
Publisher: Bookcraft Ltd
Number of pages: 159
Year of publication: 2018
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By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Conversations about the Youth in Kenya
Author: Raphael Obonyo
Publisher: The Youth Congress
Number of pages: 61
Year of publication: 2015
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By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Viral Load
Author: Kayode Oguntebi
Publisher: Parrésia Publishers Ltd
Number of pages: 369
Year of publication: 2014
Category: Fiction
Viral Load is a thoughtful story of...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Euphoria of Sophistry
Author: Terseer Sam Baki
Publisher: SEVHAGE Publishers
Number of pages: 62
Year of publication: 2015
Category: Poetry
Terseer Sam Baki’s...
By Ayodele Ibiyemi
Title: Iconography
Author: Peter Akinlabi
Publisher: Khalam Editions
Number of pages: 84
Year of publication: 2016
Category: Poetry
This collection, Iconography, can be read as history, as...
