Tales of the Happy Valley Set Second left, Jossln Hay. Centre, Lady Idina Sackville with Friends at their Wanjohi Valley home...

THIS IS A FIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE EVERYWHERE!! Every black person navigating the world has had to deal with racism and have the colour of...

This week I am currently reading outside of my comfort zone. For the last couple of years I have been solely focusing on African...

Highlighting Some of my Best Reads of 2019! #bestof2019 We are nearing the end of the year and it’s always a great time to reflect on the...

Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn Format: Hardback Publisher: Liveright Published: 4th June 2019 Genre: Literary Fiction (Immigrant...

The Elusive Beauty Standards for Black Girls: A look at Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. I love Lizzo. She is black and bold and beautiful...

She Would be King by Wayetu Moore Format: Hardback Publisher: Graywolf Press Published: September 2018 Genre: Historical Fiction /...

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Format: Hardback Publisher: Penguin Random House / One World Published: 24th September 2019 Genre:...

A Review of Sula by Toni Morrison Format: Paperback Publisher: Plume Books Published: 1973 Genre: Literary Fiction Setting: USA Rating: 4...

Contrasting Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s ‘In Dependence’ and Mariama Ba’s ‘Scarlet Song’ I read these books at around the same time and though...

Eurocentrism and the Eurocentric Ways in Which Africa is Expected to Remember History I am re-reading Born a Crime by Trevor Noah as part...

Arimah Bags this year's Caine Prize for African Writing! Lesley Nneka Arimah is 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing Winner for her short...

African literature has, like most literature in the world, portrayed women or female characters in much the same manner; as frail, incomplet