Friday, October 4, 2024

Fiction

Worlds All Our Own: A Review of AfroSFv2

By Tinuke Adeyi Title: AfroSFv2 Editor: Ivor W Hartmann Publisher: StoryTime Number of pages: 487 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction These worlds get you as much as they did the last time you visited. There...

Pinpointing the Troubles of Modern South Africa: A Review of Affluenza

By Agbonmire Ifeh Title: Affluenza Author: Niq Mhlongo Publisher: Kwela Books Number of pages: 190 Year of publication: 2016 Category: Fiction Scientists have discovered that the brain has a negative bias that causes humans to continually look...

Jarring Notes: A Review of Dub Steps

By Agatha Aduro Title: Dub Steps Author: Andrew Miller Publisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Number of pages: 366 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction Dub Steps is a novel set in a future South Africa....

African Oral Art or Literature?: A Review of My Father’s Song

By Tọ́pẹ́ Salaudeen-Adégòkè Title: My Father’s Song Author: Efo Kodjo Mawugbe Publisher: Afram Publications (Ghana) Limited Number of pages: 232 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction Whether African oral art should...

Grieving with Sunken Eyes

By Tunji Olalere Title: Sorrow’s Joy Author: Ogochukwu Promise Publisher: Bookcraft Ltd Number of pages: 387 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars But in ourselves,...

Dissections in the Anatomy of Crime

By Tomiwa Ilori Title: Easy Motion Tourist Author: Leye Adenle Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Number of pages: 327 Year of publication: 2016 Category: Fiction Although the perennial perpetuation of untruths about Nigeria can overwhelm, Easy...

Sector IV: A Dive into Nigeria’s Divisive History

By Agbonmire Ifeh Title: Sector IV Author: Abigail Anaba Publisher: El-jara Connections Number of pages: 232 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction Countries that take History seriously teach it to their children. Some other countries,...

The Dissolution of the Fouries

By Agbonmire Ifeh Title: What Will People Say? Author: Rehana Rossouw Publisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Number of pages: 332 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction Rehana Rossouw’s What Will People Say? is primarily about...

The Spirit of the Desert and the Legend It Births

By Jumoke Verissimo Title: Anubis Author: Ibrahim al-Koni Translator: William M Hutchins Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press Number of pages: 184 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction Anubis is a novel that needs to be...

Lifting the Lid off Death: Review of A Slim, Green Silence

By Tọ́pẹ́ Salaudeen-Adégòkè Title: A Slim, Green Silence Author: Beverly Rycroft Publisher: Umuzi Number of pages: 239 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction ‘God is a comedian to an audience too...

The Maddening Drive to Make It by Any Means

By Agbonmire Ifeh Title: By Any Means Author: Kurt Ellis Publisher: Human & Rousseau Number of pages: 208 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction Kurt Ellis’s By Any Means is a fictional account of the...

The Dismal and Grim Life Story of Anna P

By Agbonmire Ifeh Title: The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself Author: Penny Busetto Publisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Number of pages: 155 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction Penny Busetto’s The...

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