Chimezie Chika

Dhee Sylvester
Dhee Sylvester: The Designer Revolutionising Nigerian Book Covers

“As much as I want people to buy books because they like the cover, I…

A Raised Hand in Greeting Left Unanswered
The Obscured Realities in Shegun Oseh’s Smokescreen Images

A keen observer would notice that much of Shegun Oseh’s work is the conscious artistic…

A Kind of Madness
“A Kind of Madness” Review: Uche Okonkwo’s Collection of Short Stories Explores the Ramifications of Figurative Madness

A Kind of Madness takes female relationships seriously. Many of the stories here explore that…

Dream Count
“Dream Count” Review: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Novel Psychoanalyses the Intangibility of Dreams

Dream Count leaves no illusions that it is a repudiation of the boxes into which…

Ogbanje Abiku
Ogbanje or Abiku Phenomenon: An African Spirit-Child Myth or the Enigma of Modern Health Struggles?

Some manifestations of the spirit-child concept in Africa can be intensely prejudicial and even more…

Mede Akran
Fusion and Superimposition in Mede Akran’s Photography

There is something in Mede Akran’s work that brings her life into her work in…

Navigating the Business Side of Writing
Navigating the Business Side of Writing: What Every Author Needs to Know

Given the overmuch emphasis on the craft side of writing, a lot of writers are…

Anticipated books of 2025
Afrocritik’s Anticipated Books of 2025

Each of these anticipated books promises to keep us occupied with stories, feelings, and facts…

African books and novels 2024
Afrocritik’s Notable Books From Africa in 2024

One way or another, it is clear that African books are finding their way all…

Afrocritik’s 50 Notable Essays from Africa in 2024
Afrocritik’s 50 Notable Essays from Africa in 2024

What we are witnessing presently in Africa is that the essay has been taken to…