“Half of a Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a book that defies summaries. It is best appreciated through firsthand reading, and whether you’re diving into it for the first time or revisiting it for the twenty-fourth, each turn of the page has something new to discover. This novel is poignant and powerful, unfolding…
“Words and Other Weapons” by Thembe Khumalo is a thought-provoking collection of twenty-two essays and short stories that explore the multifaceted aspects of life; themes of growth, love, illness, ageing, and the various shades of human experience. The first piece, “Third Party,” stands out and delves into the challenges of a couple dealing with an…
“This is not happening. This is not happening.” Chika Unigwe‘s On Black Sisters’ Street is the 2012 winner of the famed $100,000 Nigeria Prize For literature, and one word settled on my mind after reading it. Ruthless! Originally written in Dutch as Fata Morgana and translated later into English, On Black Sisters’ Street is an…
In a brutal fashion similar to Khaled Hosseini‘s, Ayobami Adebayo‘s A Spell of Good Things turns out to be a compendium of emotions detailing the travails of a family under an attack by poverty propelled by the government’s retrenchment of the family’s head, Baba Eniola from his work as a history teacher. Another family, the…
The literary year dawned with a bang in Abuja as M.S. Dogara presented the trio of his latest publications on 8th January. The trio span the three genres of prose fiction, poetry and drama and respectively entitled, Walking in Storms, Sparks in the Meadow and A Midnight Migrant. Reviewed by Mike Ekunno, Walking in Storms…
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