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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 [...]
I’m super excited about creating this tag because I am passionate about Nigerian literature and love what Nigerian writers bring to the world! Nigerian writers are a real treasure to Nigeria and all over and should be appreciated every moment! I searched on the internet for any Nigerian Writers' Tag I could find but could [...]
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 [...]
I did a book review on the lovely read, Unfolding Grace by Kikelomo Kuponiyi. I typically do not read a lot of christian fiction because religion generally tends to be very sensitive and each individual has their own unique way of expressing his/her/their religion in the way they understand it best and for writers, this [...]
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 [...]
Hi guys! SO I've been on a social media/youtube break for a couple of weeks; taking time to just refresh and rest. I am excited to be back bringing you book-ish content! Today, I share the books I bought and received in the months of June and July or as I call it, my JUNLY [...]
April and May were good reading months for me (well, if we take the two months together). I read 3 books in April (because I was ill for half of the month and it was tough mentally and physically) and 7 books in May! So I shared the books I read in the months of [...]
