Books

Bitter Honey
“Bitter Honey” Review: Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström Explores Generational Trauma and Its Effect on Matrilineal Connection

If Bitter Honey has an answer to an unasked question, it is that in this…

A Meal Is a Meal
“A Meal Is a Meal” Review: Nnamdi Anyadu’s Collection Serves a Balanced Plate of Pleasures

One story after another, A Meal Is a Meal offers us a balanced plate of…

The Beast of Green Manor
“The Beast of Green Manor” Review: Grace Grandi Turns Melodrama Into a Mirror for Family, Pride, and Survival

Grace Grandi’s The Beast of Green Manor is loud, sometimes excessive, often funny, and always…

Worse Than Fire
“Worse Than Fire”: On Water, Violence, and the Fragility of Home

Worse Than Fire feels like walking through Maiduguri after the water has dried. The air…

Everything Is Not Enough
“Everything Is Not Enough” Review: Lola Akinmade Åkerström’s Sequel Deepens Her Mirror of Black Womanhood and Survival

What Lola Akinmade Åkerström interrogates through the women in Everything Is Not Enough is how…

Alexander Nderitu
“Nairobi Is a City Where Literature Thrives”: In Conversation With Alexander Nderitu, Africa’s First Digital Novelist

I have always believed that authors make great entertainers, too, and deserve celebrity status” —…

The Edge of Water
“The Edge of Water” Review: Grace Olufunke Bankole’s Debut Novel Searches For Meaning In Matrilineal Ties And Liminal Spaces

The Edge of Water asks what it means for women to be bound by blood…

They Killed Ahmet
“They Killed Ahmet” Review: Ikenna Okeh’s Novel Is Trope-Heavy With Flickers of Promise

They Killed Ahmet is majorly sustained by clipped dialogue, which is many times over-burdened with…

The Mind Is Not an Ally
“The Mind Is Not An Ally” Review: Ayo Deforge Philosophises About The Mind In Her Poetry Collection

Ayo Deforge’s central argument in The Mind Is Not An Ally is that the mind,…

Thunder and Roses
“Thunder and Roses” Review: Eniola Omorinkoba’s Novella Is an Apt Encapsulation of the Nuances of Love & Loving

The overarching message of Thunder and Roses is clear: love is layered, unpredictable, and often…