Books
5 Anticipated Books by African Authors, April 2024
All of the five books featured in our “Five Anticipated Books for April, 2024” are by female authors. We begin with Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings. Jennings debut novel Finding Soutbek (2012) was shortlisted for the then Etisalat Prize for Literature, 2013. Her other book An Island (2020) was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize;…
5 Anticipated Books by African Authors, March 2024
Three months into the year and many of the anticipated titles from African authors are pouring in. So this week, we are publishing five books by African authors that are forthcoming this month. Of course, the list is not exhaustive, as there are many more exciting titles out there. But then, these are just five…
A Review of Dami Ajayi’s Affection & Other Accidents | Joseph Akinnawonu
In what is Dami Ajayi’s third collection of poetry, Affection and Other Accidents, the title of the poem, reveals the poet to the reader–his artistry, a part of his human self, and his experiences, outlined by multiplicities of accidents. As a deviant from his former works A Woman’s Body is a Country and Clinical Blues,…
10 Books We Have All Lied About Reading
Have you ever lied about a book? Whether it's to look smart, to make someone stop yapping or just to casually use them as a reference when you're telling someone something, we've all been guilty of lying about that one book. Here's a list of popular books that we've all pretended to have read to…
Five Books to Devour Before You Say ‘Merry Christmas / Happy New Year’
By Ekute Ile I've read 24 new books .I also re-read 4 books from my ever expanding library. So all in all,I did 28 pieces of literary works. All these I did in 2013,as you may rightly guess,not all those books were fantastic. Some were a little bit merde but I had fun reading all…