Books

Obinna Udenwe’s “The Widow Who Died with Flowers in her Mouth” Features Explorations of Loneliness and Redemption

There are moments of low form that leave the reader less than satisfied, but when…

An Unlikely Relationship Throbs in the Heart of Cairo in Noor Naga’s “If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English”

Naga’s greatest strength is in capturing the excruciating detail that attends the gradual atrophy of…

Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s “The House of Rust” is a Story of Myths, Fantasies and Quests

The House of Rust is a novel of many seasons. Bajaber’s slippery narration is telling,…

TJ Benson’s Ambitious Debut Novel, “The Madhouse,” Takes Nigerian Literature to New Heights

In The Madhouse, TJ Benson brings the masterly technique of an old timer to bear…

Tomorrow I Become a Woman
With Aiwanose Odafen’s “Tomorrow I Become a Woman,” The Modern Feminist Nigerian Novel Continues To Mature

Aiwanose Odafen’s novel has entered popular feminist discourse, calling our attention once again to the…

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Nnamdi Ehirim’s “Prince of Monkeys” Captures the Trauma of a Generation

The mention of ‘80s and ‘90s music and film, among other cultural zeitgeist, gives Nnamdi…

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Poet Scorned: A Review of Dami Ajayi’s “Affection and other Accidents”

Sometimes, poets use their poems as a glimpse into their personal lives, but this collection…

What is Yet Unsaid about Eloghosa Osunde and Her Novel, “Vagabonds!”

To people like herself, Eloghosa Osunde’s Vagabonds! is a letter of kinship. It speaks to…

The Orientations of the Street in Jindu Enugbe’s “Street OT”

…Enugbe leads with great finesse, with so much awareness, giving us sweeping and funny narratives,…

Jennifer Makumbi’s “A Girl is a Body of Water” is a New Height for the African Coming-of-Age Novel

The lives of the characters are subject to the precolonial Ugandan history which foreshadows their…

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