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BOOK REVIEW - SUCH A FUN AGE
Such A Fun Age - Kiley Reid Format: Hardback Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Published: December 2019 Genre: Literary School Setting:...

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May 6, 20203 min read


BOOK REVIEW - SMALL COUNTRY
Small Country by Gael Faye Format: Paperback Publisher: Hogarth Press Published: 2018 (1st pub 2016) Genre: Historical fiction / Semi...

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Mar 25, 20203 min read


A Look at Interracial and Intercultural Relationships in Post Colonial Africa
Contrasting Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s ‘In Dependence’ and Mariama Ba’s ‘Scarlet Song’ I read these books at around the same time and though...

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Oct 14, 20194 min read


Reframing Historical Narratives: Reviewing Trevor Noah's Born a Crime
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...

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Oct 12, 20193 min read


In Conversation with Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Award winning Zimbabwean Author, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, was in Nairobi this past week and I sat down with her to talk about her brilliant...

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Oct 10, 20193 min read


BOOK REVIEW - THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso Format: Paperback Publisher: Vintage Published: Feb 2017 (First ed May 2016) Genre: Literary...

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Aug 29, 20192 min read


BOOK REVIEW - A GENERAL THEORY OF OBLIVION
A General Theory of Oblivion by Jose Eduardo Agualusa #Angola Format: Paperback Publisher: Harvill Secker Published: 2012 Translation:...

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Jul 23, 20193 min read


BOOK REVIEW - THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany Format: Paperback Publisher: Fourth Estate (an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers) Release...

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Apr 9, 20193 min read


BOOK OF THE MONTH
Bookish People's Book Club November Book of the Month is 'On Black Sisters' Street' by Chika Unigwe. Synopsis Each night, Sisi, Ama, Efe,...

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Nov 6, 20182 min read
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