Azubuike Obi

For the Condemned
Saviour for the Condemned: A Review of Joseph Nnamdi’s Debut Novel

For the Condemned is a form of parable for the good and evil that exist…

Sahra Noor
In Conversation: Sahra Noor on “Salt in the Snow”, Remembering the Past, and Chronicling Family History

“In telling our story, I came to understand that my voice carried the memory of…

Mother/Land
Faraaz Mahomed’s “Mother/Land” Is Haunted by the Relics of History

Mother/Land contends with race, home, identity and belonging—the ways in which they shape individual human…

African story
A Question of Power: The African Story in the Age of Algorithmic Constructions

When we hold the results of technological systems as absolute, systems that were not built…

Who Gave The Order
Keeper of Memories: “Who Gave The Order” Bears Witness to the Birth of a Revolution

In Who Gave The Order (2025), Chibueze Darlington Anuonye assembles 13 Nigerian writers to bear…

At Sea
Y.M. Abdel-Magied’s “At Sea” Examines Gender in High Stakes Workplace Drama

In At Sea, neither time nor experience is enough to overturn the hands of ingrained…

The Loud Silence Between Us
Justice Faruck’s “The Loud Silence Between Us” Is A Novel of Noble Ideas and Faulty Execution

The Loud Silence Between Us could have been an intimate story about a sheltered girl…

Salt in the Snow
“Salt in the Snow” Review: Displacements and Shifting Identities Come Together in Sahra Noor’s Debut Memoir

Salt in the Snow examines, amongst other things, the concept of shifting identities: the ways…

Many Ways to Die
An Odyssey of Small Lives: A Review of Famous Chukwuemeka’s “Many Ways to Die”

Many Ways to Die succeeds because of its capacious ability to reimagine worlds and deliver…

Someone Should Hold Farida
The North Is Retelling Its Story: A Review of Flame Tree’s “Someone Should Hold Farida”

Someone Should Hold Farida pulses with characters who are aplomb, assured of their place in…