January 24, 2022 .
africanliterature, black, books, chimekagarricks
Love, cheating, heartbreak, domestic violence, family, police brutality were some of the themes covered in this collection of shor...
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January 24, 2022 .
chikaunigwe, nightdancer
A man sleeps with the maid and impregnates her, deceives the wife he claims to love, and this same wife, Ezi, is required to apolo...
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January 24, 2022 .
daughterswhowalkthispath, yejidekilanko
Why did I have to carry this shame like a second skin? And every day for a month after the incident, I would usually find myself w...
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January 25, 2022 .
jennifernansubugamakumbi, kintu
This book centers on contemporary issues like masculinity and the dangerous consequences of rage and improper decisions. It also t...
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January 14, 2022 .
africanliterature, mysistertheserialkiller, oyinkanbraithewaite
I loved the use of flashbacks; it flowed with the storytelling and bought shocking insights into why Ayo is that way.
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January 25, 2022 .
africanliterature, nanadarkoa, thesexlivesofafricanwomen
As an African woman, I have lived in shame, and shame has lived in me. I told myself I was keeping my virginity for my husband. I ...
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January 10, 2022 .
queer, speaknoevil, uzodinmaiweala
Niru is gay and cannot freely explore his queerness. Although he is in a country like America, the Africanness and religiosity in ...
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January 7, 2022 .
akwaekeemezi, queer, thedeathofvivekoji
We assume that people are either gay or lesbians, forgetting that the queer spectrum is broad and there are so many intersections....
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January 5, 2022 .
africanliterature, anamericanmarriage
It reminds me of a young man who once promised forever. He had been so consistent and intense in his promises of forever that I be...
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November 14, 2021 .
Calebazumahnelson, Openwater
This well written prose felt like poetry at some point. This book describes what a passionate relationship feels like without exp...
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October 17, 2021 .
adaobitricianwaubani, africanliterature, black, idonotcometoyoubychance
What is good and evil? Is the crime in the act itself or the stimulating motive?
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October 15, 2021 .
africanliterature, ayobamiadebayo, black, staywithme
It’s fiction from the deepest hells of reality
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