Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda
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Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda | Book Review

Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda is a hauntingly beautiful collection of short stories. In each of these stories, the ordinary flirts excessively with the supernatural. It’s very unsettling, but very human too. Altogether, there are twelve stories in this collection, but a few struck me so deeply that I had to sit still, staring into space,…

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The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus
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The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus – Umar Abubakar Sidi | Book Review

Umar Abubakar Sidi’s The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus is a compendium of grotesque tales that showcase the imaginative ability, non-linear storytelling prowess, and élan for letters and books of the author, to the reading delight of those with a palate for language, mysticism, and surrealism. I read this marvellous work in multiple settings in…

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