In many African homes, sex is often talked about in hushed voices and the intricacies of it are hardly ever discussed. Many women grew up hearing...
When you meet a highly successful Nigerian that is doing well in their chosen line of endeavor and ask them how they did it, don’t expect...
For many young people, determining what to do with their lives can be a very daunting task. From choosing what career path to take, to what...
Chimamanda’s newest short story, Zikora, opens you up a plethora of emotions. If you are familiar with her work, you expect nothing less. Still, it leaves you...
She was going to interview the renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, but it appeared that her interviewee was skeptical about her stance as a journalist who sings. So...
The most fascinating thing about this book is that while treating serious issues such as rape and molestation, it thrives on humour. This is not to...
Dear Alaere is one book I love very much. It is pacy and would easily get any reader turning the pages. However, as I savoured each...
Generally, Inferno of Silence is a book to read if you are interested in socio-cultural issues. My favourite story is Trouble in Umudike, where Chinedu committed...
An unputdownable page-turner. Kuponiyi did not disappoint in painting a vivid picture of how God’s grace meets us even at the very point of necessity. Whether...
Abi Dare's The Girl With The Louding Voice is a story of hope and optimism - a reminder that there's always light at the end of...
I believe the objective of Emmanuel Iduma is beyond fact exposition; it can be viewed as the education on concepts, morals, and religion, likewise existential realities...
In the just over 100 pages of Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide, Elnathan dedicates a few to writers like himself; to journalists covering Nigerian news daily, including...
I like to say that I’m the last person you’d catch reading a romance novel. My reason is that they’re boring and predictable. Yada yada yada. And...
Lie To me, Dan by Longrin Wetten is brilliantly written; it captures almost perfectly, the activities in a regular Nigerian university and transforms it into a beautiful...
There is a saying in Yoruba: “Omo mi ku san ju omo mi nu lo” – {My child is dead is more bearable than my child...
Teleporting is possible. I started to read Aziza Walker’s The Seeing Place on a Saturday afternoon in Lagos. Before I knew it, I was transported to...
Plot Summary Weeping Cherry is narrated by a 15-year-old teenager, Meredith Emarrow Hart, who lives with her mum and stepfather and attends high school in Canada....
Forget what you have heard in the past and what people will try to tell you about truth being sacrosanct; it is subjective. There’s a version...
Words: those little things that give life to our feelings, our depth and our identities. Words are what tie this eclectic anthology together. The title These...
I have to begin by apologizing to the author and the good people at Bella Naija. I was asked to review this book about two months...
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