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...
Everyone has said something about Nigeria’s numerous problems and opportunities. There’s nothing new under the Sun. Nevertheless, for the ignorant, the forgetful, the curious, the historians...
When I was told to review a cookbook, I was mightily excited. This is totally new territory for me despite spending what must be years of...
To my surprise, upon opening the cover of this book, I “discovered” that it was a collection of short stories. I have never been a big...
As a Briton, who grew up in Nigeria, I am delighted when I see works which depict Nigeria with vivid imagination and accuracy. Paul Oluikpe’s novel,...
Prior to reading ‘Oil on Water’, Helon Habila had stolen my heart with his novel ‘Measuring Time’ (a review of this would be done later). Oil...
In recent times, African literature and story-telling in particular is witnessing a fruitful harvest of certain crops of voices which tell the African story in unique...
Reading Nothing Comes Close by Nigerian author, Tolulope Popoola, was like eating dessert on a hungry stomach. I walloped it in one blow. After a week of slugging...
You’ve probably heard all the noise about the book Fifty Shades of Grey by British author E.L James and you’re wondering what makes it a best-seller. I’m...
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