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Title: The Girl With The Louding Voice Author: Abi Dare Published By: Sceptre, an Imprint of Holder & Stroughton Release Date: 2020 Genre: Coming-of-age, Fiction, Bildungsroman Format: Paperback Length: 312 pages Synopsis Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian Girl who knows what she wants: an education. As the only daughter of a broke father, she is [...]
Title: Tomorrow Died Yesterday Author: Chimeka Garricks Published By: Paperworth Books Limited Release Date: 2010 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 292 pages Synopsis It’s 2004 Port Harcourt at the height of the kidnap of oil workers in the Niger Delta, a kidnapping goes awry and four lives are reconnected. Done (aka Doughboy) the career militant [...]
Title: I’m Telling The Truth But I’m Lying Author: Bassey Ikpi Published By: Harper Perennial Release Date: 2019 Genre: Memoir, Non-fiction Format: Paperback Length: 248 pages Synopsis In this remarkable memoir-in-essays, Basset Ikpi explores her life-as a Nigerian American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a daughter, an artist - through the lens of [...]
Title: The Mechanics of Yenagoa Author: Michael Afenfia Published By: Masobe Books Release Date: June 2020 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 303 pages Synopsis Ebinimi, are mechanic of Kalakala street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of trouble. Some of his troubles are self-inflicted : like his recurring entanglements [...]
Title: Homegoing Author: Yaa Gyasi Published By: Penguin Random House UK Release Date: 2016 Genre: Historical fiction, saga, novel Format: Paperback Length: 300 pages Synopsis Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader’a wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow: [...]
I share my experience on how I balance reading with a full time job and booktubing. I also share valuable tips that could help you cultivate a reading habit even with a rigorous 9-5 and how to read more while working a 9-5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgFSo6vFr5Q&t=191s
Last year, I shared my experience preparing and writing the NLS bar finals on my blog. On my Youtube channel, I once again share a little bit of that experience as well as some valuable reading tips for law school students, law undergraduates and individuals interested in pursuing a law career in Nigeria and/or getting [...]
This happened and I’m really excited! 💃🏽💃🏽 It’s easy to ignore milestones because we’re focusing on the “next best thing”, but I’m super thankful for this one because when I started, I knew it was not the most popular niche on YouTube discussing books or even mainly African and Nigerian literature (there’s only a handful [...]
Okay I'm super excited about this. Can you tell? I had the pleasure and honor of interviewing Bassey Ikpi, the author of the beautiful book, I’m Telling The Truth But I’m Lying and loved every second of it! I had previously done a book review of the book (which you can watch here) and the [...]
Ahhh....this book was absolutely beautiful! It broke my heart in so many ways. I loved my reading experience while reading this book (as it was deeply infused with music) and loved how each story was beautiful in its on way. Although the collection of short stories is fictional, some of the stories felt very real [...]
