July 16, 2025 .
africanliterature
When we talk about falling in love, it is usually in relation to romantic interests. We rarely consider the idea of falling in lov...
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July 20, 2025 .
Lists
Things Fall Apart is for the colonizers as well as the colonized, helping to understand the role of colonialism in the realization...
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July 19, 2024 .
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If I had to make a list of memorable works of literature by Nigerian writers, The Girl With The Louding Voice would be on it. ...
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June 12, 2024 .
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The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus is an interwoven mystical tale about the power of knowledge, literature, magic, art, philo...
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May 31, 2024 .
africanliterature, books, Fantasy
If you’re looking for a very well-written, pretty-covered book to introduce young readers to African Fantasy, The Smoke That...
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May 10, 2024 .
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This author of The Widow who died with Flowers in her Mouth has a voice, and you can tell his writing apart from that of other aut...
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May 5, 2024 .
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If you liked Dele Weds Destiny, then you’ll love We Were Girls Once. Aiwanose is a wonderful and insightful writer, and I lo...
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May 1, 2024 .
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The Son of the House is a book that will make you wonder if the girl child will ever be widely accepted as ‘enough.’
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April 29, 2024 .
africanliterature
The Bishop’s Prodigal Daughter is a “traditional” romance story between two unexpecting people who fall in love ...
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April 22, 2024 .
africanliterature
I must say Ukamaka deserves her flowers in Don’t Answer When They Call Your Name. It’s a beautiful story, though I wish it e...
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March 27, 2024 .
africanliterature
Dazzling Mirage achieves what few other works of Nigerian literature have accomplished: a thorough examination of the challenges f...
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March 16, 2024 .
africanliterature
In Homegoing, we journey with the descendants of two sisters as Yaa Gyasi weaves a compelling tale of life in colonial Ghana, the ...
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