Yorùbá Boy Running

On Bándélé’s Swan Song: A Review of Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé

“Run, Àjàyí, Run” is the apprehensive and lyrical title of the opening part of the posthumously published Biyi Bándélé’s Yorùbá Boy Running. When readers reach the passage that reveals the context of the phrase, one hardly escapes the nostalgia from the ending of Orwell’s Animal Farm, “Àjàyí looked at Ìjí and Ìjí looked at Àjàyí”…

Stay With Me_Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

Stay With Me – Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ | Book Review

In a society where women are constantly blamed for infertility, author of A Spell of Good Things, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, writes a thrilling novel that details the plights of women whose husbands are vividly aware that the problem of infertility lies with them. Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s debut novel, Stay with Me, is a poignant exploration of marriage,…

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