Books

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…

I Cry At The Feet of My Other Body
“I Cry At The Feet of My Other Body” Review: Mustapha Enesi’s Debut Collection Confronts Patriarchy and the Loss of Agency

In I Cry At The Feet of My Other Body, Enesi demonstrates not only an…

Oyin Olugbile
“I Write Because I Have to Tell the Story”: In Conversation With Oyin Olugbile on Her Nigeria Prize for Literature Shortlist, “Sanya”

“The shortlist is an encouragement to release more of the stories that I’ve been keeping”…

Macondo Literary Festival
Macondo Literary Festival 2025: East Africa’s Literary Vanguard Holds Its Fifth Edition

Macondo Literary Festival is now one of Africa’s essential cultural rendezvous, a yearly promise kept…

Nikki May
“It’s People You Belong To Rather Than Places”: In Conversation With Nikki May on Her Nigeria Prize for Literature Shortlist, “This Motherless Land”

“If anything, I hope that winning the Nigeria Prize for Literature makes my book more…