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Today, I'm sharing 5 SIMPLY AMAZING books by African writers that you should - MUST read in your lifetime! These books are so so good that I plan to re-read them this year even though I have read them before and I am so so jealous of you if you get to read them for [...]
Title: Ogadinma Author: Ukamaka Olisakwe Published By: Masobe Release Date: 2020 Genre: Coming-of-age, Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 260 pages Synopsis Ukamaka Olisakwe's heart-wrenching novel tells the story of the naive and trusting Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria's deeply-ingrained patriarchal systems in the 1980s, a time of coups, food shortages and religious extremism. After a [...]
Title: The Fishermen Author: Chigozie Obioma Published By: Cassava Republic Press Release Date: 2015 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 301 pages Synopsis Nine-year-old Benjamin is the youngest of four brothers. They live in the rocky hills of Akure. When their civil servant father is transferred to another town, the boys begin misbehaving; smashing windows, severing [...]
Title: I Do Not Come To You By Chance Author: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Published By: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Release Date: 2009 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 403 pages Synopsis As first son and graduate, Kingsley Ibe has a load of responsibilities resting on his skinny shoulders. But times are bad in Nigeria, and life is [...]
Ahhh *insert dramatic pause and sigh* The dreaded reading slump. The number one enemy of book lovers no matter who you are and where you're from. Reading slumps happen to book lovers every now and then, so if you're currently in a reading slump, then I come bearing gifts! Here are some great book recommendations [...]
Staying consistent at reading can be tough, even for book lovers. There's always one distraction or the other in our world today or reasons why we do not stay consistent at reading even though this is what may make us happy and excited. In the video below, I share some valuable tips and tricks that you [...]
I am really passionate about History in general; history of people, place, thing or whatever it may be. As far back as I can remember, I have been interested in the history of the people occupying what is now known as Nigeria, but most of the books I read at secondary school level and later [...]
Title: The Mountains Sing Author: Nguyen Phan Que Mai Published By: Oneworld Publications Release Date: 2020 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Hardback Length: 339 pages Synopsis With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần [...]
Title: The Death of Vivek Oji Author: Akwaeke Emezi Published By: Kachifo Limited under its Farafina Imprint Release Date: 2020 Genre: Fiction, Coming-of-age Format: Paperback Length: 263 pages Synopsis They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son’s [...]
Title: Memoirs of a Lazy Korfa Author: Tunmise Usikalu Published By: Sophos Books Ltd. Release Date: 2020 Genre: Non-fiction, Genre Format: Paperback Length: 106 pages Synopsis “Though this is only the first day of camp, as at 2:30pm or there about, I am already number 1,246! As if that’s not bad enough, we get matched [...]
Rachel Eyo 