Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Fiction

Dya’e and Friends

By Tinuke Adeyi Title: An Amber Scarf from Punjab Author: Laila Bouinidane Publisher: Top Press Number of pages: 95 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction ‘…societies are different and what applies to one cannot automatically and easily...

The Bottom of Another Tale: A Review

By Richard Oduor Oduku Title: The Bottom of Another Tale Author: Su’eddie Vershima Agema Publisher: Sevhage Publishers Number of pages: 146 Year of publication: 2014 ...

More than Faces: A Review of Born on a Tuesday

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: Born on a Tuesday Author: Elnathan John Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Number of pages: 263 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction ‘For the...

Of Crimson Blossoms: How Much of the Nigerian Society Do You Understand?

By Emeka Ugwu Title: Season of Crimson Blossoms Author: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Publisher: Parrésia Publishers Ltd Number of pages: 347 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction ‘The correlation of melancholia and mourning seems...

Between War and Those Left at Home

By Agbonmire Ifeh Title: The Peacekeeper’s Wife Author: Kevin Eze Publisher: Amalion Publishing Number of pages: 271 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction Kevin Eze’s The Peacekeeper’s Wife is a mesmerising account...

Inside the Politics of Our Lives

By Kwabena Agyare Yeboah Title: London – Cape Town – Joburg Author: Zukiswa Wanner Publisher: Kwela Books Number of pages: 337 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction Zukiswa Wanner’s witty prose excites, unsettles...

A Review of The Domestication of Munachi

By Agatha Aduro Title: The Domestication of Munachi Author: Ifesinachi O Okpagu Publisher: Parrésia Publishers Ltd Number of pages: 181 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction ‘For the first time in my adult life,...

A Witness’s Tale of Rediscoveries

By Tomiwa Ilori Title: Ó Ṣojú Mi Author: ‘Yinká Adébóyè Publisher: Yew Books Number of pages: 196 Year of publication: 2010 Category: Fiction Ó Ṣojú Mi is a Yorùbá novel set in western Nigeria, in...

To Be or Become: A View of Lagos through an Oyibo’s Black Nyash

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: Blackass Author: A Igoni Barrett Publisher: Kachifo Limited Number of pages: 302 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction When the bare arse has been seen, what remains for a man to...

Of Transitions, Agendas and Bad Balls: Thoughts on Hamid Qabbal’s The Road to Mogador

By Su’eddie Vershima Agema Title: The Road to Mogador Author: Hamid Qabbal Publisher: Editions Sefrioui, Essaouira, Morocco Number of pages: 128 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction Hamid Qabbal has balls....

Kintu: The Relevance of a Name and a Story

By Tọ́pẹ́ Salaudeen-Adégòkè Title: Kintu Author: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Publisher: Kwani Trust Number of pages: 442 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction   – you know, there are the likes of Chinua...

Roses for Betty and Other Stories: Ode to the Journey

By Tinuke Adeyi Title: Roses for Betty and Other Stories Editors: Emmanuel Sigauke and Sumayya Lee Publisher: Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) Number of pages: 119 Year of...

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