Set in the fictitious Agbage village of Yoruba Culture, “The Blood Scion” is a novel that explores cultural marginalization and oppression through the fantasy genre. Sloane, the story’s protagonist is born a scion, a blood gift, her ‘ase’. Olodumare’s divine energy is flaming bone and blood underneath her skin, with ability to set abaze, anything…
Anthills of the Savannah – Chinua Achebe | Book Review Set in the fictitious state of Kangan, Anthills of the Savannah explores and condemns political corruption in post-colonial Africa. Sam, Chris, and Ikem, three former friends and classmates, are the story’s central characters. After a military coup that alters the country’s course, they unexpectedly…
There Was A Country is essentially a documentary on the times preceding the secession of the Igbo nation, Biafra, from the newly-independent Nigeria, the gory period of the civil war, and the aftermath of war, both on the Igbos and the nation Nigeria at large. It’s an account of how this singular occurrence, especially the…
DEMONS, OUR BLOOD RELATIONS?; MY REVIEW OF YEJIDE KILANKO’S “DAUGHTERS WHO WALK THIS PATH” Yejide Kilanko’s Daughters who Walk this Path, set in Ibadan, is a wisdom-oriented novel. By its satirical style, it subtly exposes, criticizes, and rectifies the weaknesses of every society. The author goes a long distance to challenge some African ills and…
The Girl With The Louding Voice By Abi Dare | Book Review The story of Adunni, a young girl who has tasted the bitter waters of life at the age of fourteen, is told in The Girl with the Louding Voice. The narrative begins shortly after the death of her mother. In return for money…
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