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In Every Mirror She’s Black – Lola Akinmade Akerström | Book Review

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…

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives – Lola Shoneyin | Book Review

“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…

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