Books

Cursed Daughters
“Cursed Daughters” Review: Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Sophomore Novel Explores Superstition, Matrilineage, and Intergenerational Trauma

At the centre of Cursed Daughters lies a question that Braithwaite intentionally refuses to resolve:…

Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V
“Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology: Issue V” Review: Speculative Cartographies Map the New African Imagination

If African literature has often been forced to look back, Will This Be a Problem?…

Dilemma of an Outcast
“Dilemma of an Outcast” Review: Anih Emeka’s Debut Novel Interrogates Bigotry but Falters in Its Attempt at Storytelling

Dilemma of an Outcast interrogates the concept of bigotry, an under-flogged theme in Nigerian literature…

How to Get Rid of Ants
The Many Pleasures in Absurdity: A Review of Jesutomisin Ipinmoye’s “How to Get Rid of Ants”

How to Get Rid of Ants is the makings of a master of the form.…

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” —…