Akinwale, Author at Littafi

Movie Review: Christmas In Lagos

December 21, 2024 .

amazonprime, Nollywood

Christmas In Lagos is a delightful romance movie with intriguing characters that evoke several pleasant emotions, setting viewers ...

Return to Edan (The Edan Trilogy #3) by Philip Chase

December 18, 2024 .

Fantasy

Although there were plenty of battle scenes and some decent character development to get me over the finish line, I just didn̵...

Tekua by Boakye D. Alpha

October 8, 2025 .

short story

The final pages are painful but work pretty well, revealing the cost of repeated losses and betrayals, not as a sudden tragedy, bu...

Lights, Camera, History: 77: The FESTAC Conspiracy Brings the Past to Life in an Unforgettable Evening

December 5, 2024 .

filmone

“77: The FESTAC Conspiracy is a tribute to the resilience of Nigerian filmmakers and the power of cinema to bring our histo...

Curing the Pandemic of Cultural Misrepresentation in African Literature

July 20, 2025 .

Essays, Opinions

After centuries of subjugation through colonialism and, more recently, neo-colonialism, African Literature writers owe it to their...

A Very Gidi Christmas by Tomilola Coco Adeyemo

November 27, 2024 .

africanliterature, Romance

A Very Gidi Christmas is a feel-good romance written just in time for the festive season and is bound to leave readers’ insi...

Aanu Ife by Lara T. Kareem

November 25, 2024 .

africanliterature

In Aaanu Ife, Ina’s adventure takes her through different shades of her recent past, even as she finds fresh resolve to heal...

Nnedi Okorafor’s Inspiring Storytelling Origins Inspires Ake Festival Guests at Prelude Event

November 21, 2024 .

akefestival, nnediokorafor

Nnedi Okorafor found the calling to be a writer of the spectacular and the fantastic after she wrote her first ever story in the p...

Ake Arts and Book Festival 2024 Press Conference

Finding Freedom: Lola Shoneyin Talks up the Renewed ‘Magic’ of Ake Arts and Book Festival 2024

November 9, 2024 .

africanliterature, akefestival, akefestival2024

Ake Arts and Book Festival 2024 promises to explore rising literary trends and various African narratives in exciting book chats a...

Understanding Literary Criticism: Not Only About Your Opinion

July 20, 2025 .

Opinions

Literary criticism isn’t just about your opinions. It’s about finding common ground with opposing ideas and understand...

Of War and Ruin (The Bound and the Broken #3) by Ryan Cahill

October 17, 2024 .

Fantasy, ryancahill

In Of War and Ruin, our heroes must ask themselves tough questions, make hard choices, and be exposed to great dangers.

6 Progressive Lessons from the Nigerian Civil War

July 20, 2025 .

Essays

The quickest step to progress is to relearn the lessons from arguably the most significant event in its years as a free, democrati...