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Booker Prize 2019 Longlist
The Booker Prize 2019 Longlist has been announced and it features two books from Africa!! The Long awaited Booker Prize longlist was...

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Jul 24, 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 OLD DRIFT
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell #Zambia Format: Paperback Publisher: Hogarth Published: March 2019 Genre: Genre What? Genre who?...

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Jul 18, 20193 min read


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

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Jul 9, 20193 min read


BOOK REVIEW - BELOVED
Viscerally moving from past to present and back, and narrated using flashbacks, Beloved follows the life of Sethe, who much like Garner, is

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Jul 2, 20193 min read


BOOK REVIEW - SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH
Sex appears to be at the centre of this narrative, both in the literal and metaphorical sense of it. Sa’eed and the narrator could also....

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Jun 17, 20193 min read


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

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Jun 8, 201915 min read


BOOK REVIEW - THE OTHER AMERICANS
The Other Americans - Laila Lalami Format: Hardback Publisher: Pantheon Published: March 2019 Genre: Fiction Setting: California, US...

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Jun 5, 20193 min read


BOOK REVIEW - PRINCE OF MONKEYS
Growing up in middle-class Lagos, Nigeria during the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ihechi forms a band of close friends in his neighborhood.

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May 27, 20193 min read


BOOK REVIEW - A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
A couple of things happen when you wait 10+ years to read a book after its release; i) You somehow already know the entire plot because it..

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May 21, 20192 min read
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