Obioma revisits the Nigerian civil war in this skillfully written prose, The Road to the Country, which is full of heart-piercing metaphors. He juxtaposes mystical and physical realms in telling the story. The book is a carnival of stories of the Biafran dead. For his writing style and nuance, The New York Times in 2015…
Lola Akinmade Akerström’s In Every Mirror She’s Black is written in exquisite language. The novel explores the lives of three black women in Stockholm, each representing different social strata from the elite, middle and low-income class. Still, no class attainment in the city seems enough to shield any of them from open or subtle racism…
Tremor- On Saturday, 4th of May 2024, the third and final day of the 2024 edition of the Kaduna Book and Arts Festival, (KABAFEST), a feeling of nostalgia about the event takes charge of me. The 2024 KABAFEST is my first, so, there is no possibility of recollection from the event’s previous editions for me….
54 Notable African Female Authors Who Have Shaped (And Are Still Shaping) the Literary Scene From time immemorial, various trends have come and gone, but one that remains is the existence of literature in every society. The African literary scene is not left out, as many African female authors have graced and significantly impacted not just…
“The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” by Lola Shoneyin is a sadly beautiful tale that exposes the complexities of a polygamous household. When Bolanle, a young university graduate, decides to settle, she settles, not with the conventional husband as her parents and loved ones would have wished, but with the patriarch of the Alao…