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BOOK REVIEW - A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS
A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo (Out 9th February 2023) Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Knopf (US) and Canongate (UK)...
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Jan 17, 20233 min read


BOOK REVIEW - AGAINST THE LOVELESS WORLD
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa Format: Paperback Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: August 25th 2020 Setting: Kuwait,...
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Oct 18, 20223 min read


BOOK REVIEW - TOMORROW I BECOME A WOMAN
Tomorrow I Become a Woman speaks broadly about the elusive state of ‘Womanhood’, where there seem to be societal constructed stumbling block
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Aug 17, 20224 min read


BOOK REVIEW - IN EVERY MIRROR SHE'S BLACK
These three women occupy different social classes in Sweden and their lives take very different trajectories. They however all crave....
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Aug 17, 20223 min read


8 Works of Queer/LGBTIA+ fiction by African Writers
It is not in contention that African writers have always featured queer Africans in fiction, however, it is equally true that queerness...
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Aug 3, 20227 min read


Why this 'Americanah' Cover is an Attempt at Erasure of Black Women
I know it speaks to thousands of black African women who like me, Americanah was, and still remains a very pivotal encounter that changed...
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Aug 1, 20224 min read


11 Works of Historical Fiction by African Writers
There has been a prevalent assumption that literature from Africa is monolithic or a genre in and of itself, conveying a single political...

Muthoni Muiruri
Jul 29, 202210 min read


BOOK REVIEW - DELE WEDS DESTINY
Dele Weds Destiny by Tomi Obaro Format: Hardback Publisher: Hachette Published: 28 June 2022 Setting: Nigeria (and partly New York)...
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Jul 25, 20223 min read


BOOK REVIEW - THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Format: Paperback Publisher: Virago Press Published: 2020 (First published 1937)...
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May 12, 20223 min read


BOOK REVIEW - WHEN WE WERE BIRDS
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwa Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Double Day Books Published: 15 March 2022 Setting: Trinidad...
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May 9, 20224 min read
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