During a conversation, Michael Imossan, while highlighting the relevancy of heightened language in poetry, noted that sometimes you read a prose work and feel a high sense of poetry therein. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s work conveys this sense. While reading through his book, Season of Crimson Blossoms, I was nostalgic for his collection of short stories,…
Some years back, I heard someone speaking in an Igbo-inflected English saying, “With proper arrangement, even the devil will see God.” I love the adage even though the context of its use at the time points to the possibility of circumventing laws to one’s personal gains in Nigeria, but what I see from it is…
Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku is one of those books that you think you already know just from the title, like Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad. But the moment you get into it, you realize oh, there’s so much more, it’s not just about bumbums. It’s also not written…
Damilare Kuku’s Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad is a loud, chaotic, and sometimes painfully relatable collection of short stories about Lagos’ dating (and marriage) scene. I am (proudly) one of those who didn’t read it after its release, but crawled back to it after her recent Only Big BumBum Matters Tomorrow release….
I first noticed The Smart Money Woman because of the hype; probably due to the release of Season 2 of the movie series. I kept seeing reviews of the book everywhere, so I decided to check it out myself. First page in, and my first thought was, “another overhyped book”. The writing style felt basic,…
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