Books

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…

Caleb Nelson’s Open Water: Literature melds Music and Photography

In the summer of 2019, as what later became Caleb Nelson’s Open Water was produced,…

Afrocritik’s 20 Remarkable African Essays of 2021

By Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera There is a widely-held consensus that 2021 is a great year…

Afrocritik’s 25 Notable African Books of 2021

By Joshua Chizoma 2021 is, without doubt, a great year for African writers and writings.…

“Rummaging for Omens”: A Review of Nneoma Otuegbe’s book of poetry

Rummaging for Omens is a book of poetry as much as it is a book…

A Review of Orode’s “Bring Me Flowers in April”

Franklyn, in his second volume of poems, Bring Me Flowers in April, succeeded in looking…

The Ironies of Patriarchy in Igbo Society: a Review of Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia’s “The Son of the House”

Women use themselves as rods of chastisement on their fellow women, and this becomes a…

In Abi Dare’s “The Girl with the Louding Voice,” Language Plays a Foremost Role in Storytelling

The biggest achievement of “The Girl with the Louding Voice” is how it breaks the…

The Son of the House: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia’s Powerful Storytelling Builds an Edifice from an Age-worn Plot

The work bears the twin markers of excellent prose and an intuitive sense of direction.…

Chibundu Onuzo’s “The Spider King’s Daughter” Fails Tragically in its Literary Bidding

Chibundu Onuzo’s “The Spider King’s Daughter” takes the form of didacticism that midwifed the Onitsha…