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·July 27, 2025·3 min read

Stuck between Faith and Frustration: A Review of Hail Mary by Funmi Fetto -Akumbu Uche

In her colourful descriptions, there are hints of Fetto’s second career as a fashion journalist. (She is the style editor at British Vogue and the author of Palette, a beauty bible for black women.) Like Erving Goffman who penned The Presentation of Self, Fetto’s radar is attuned to how people employ clothes and cosmetics in crafting their personal narratives and the varying results.

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·July 6, 2025·3 min read

Can science fully account for the mysteries of human life?: A Review of Ayo Deforge’s Grips of Grief— Olukorede S Yishau

Central to the book is the influence of parental relationships on one’s understanding of love and identity. The narrative unpacks how experiences with earthly parents can either illuminate or distort perceptions of God. Cultural expectations around motherhood, religious commitment, and respect are interwoven throughout, revealing how societal norms can simultaneously comfort and complicate the grieving process.

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·June 29, 2025·2 min read

Love, Interrupted: A review of ‘These Letters End In Tears’ by Musih Tedji Xaviere — Akumbu Uche

In These Letters End In Tears, the Cameroonian author Musih Tedji Xaviere plants her flag on the mountain top of...

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·May 18, 2025·3 min read

An Unsettling and Complex Vision of Lagos in Okungbowa’s ‘Lost Ark Dreaming’ – Sima Essien

Resistance, as Okungbowa portrays it, is a refusal to accept and live by propaganda. To erase a people is to deny their history, to make it seem like they never existed at all.

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·May 4, 2025·3 min read

Review of Obase-Sam Ikoi’s “The Comedian’s Diary” – Jude Dibia

In the final pages, as Oga Simon faces an uncertain future, the tension between hope and despair, between the self he has become and the man he longs to be, reaches a sad crescendo. Although the road ahead remains fraught with peril, there is an undeniable sense that redemption, while elusive, is still within his grasp

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·April 6, 2025·3 min read

Chimamanda elevates the quotidian into genius – Precious Nzeakor

Dream Count is in continual conversation, capturing the everyday lives of growing individuals and the interconnectedness of friendships. If this was the mission of the author, is it not preposterous to assume that this book has delivered any less?

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·July 27, 2025·3 min read

A Different Kind of Memoir: A review of Oluwatomiloba Ademokun’s “Wellness Wahala” – Olukorede S Yishau

A memoir is a deeply personal journey into memory, an intimate telling of a life, not in its entirety, but...

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·June 29, 2025·4 min read

Of Tradition & Transition: Review of ‘The Village Priest’ by Remmy Nweke — ‘Gbenga Sesan

The Village Priest by Remmy Nweke is a powerful narrative that weaves together history, tradition, resistance, reconciliation, and innovation—set within...

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·June 8, 2025·3 min read

Will Affliction Arise a Second Time?: A Review of Lola Akinmade’s ‘Bitter Honey’— Olukorede S Yishau

What manner of a man is Lars? How should a mother handle a daughter who looks so much like her...

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·May 18, 2025·3 min read

A review of Fatima Bala’s ‘Hafsatu Bebi’- Olukorede S. Yishau

The book shows us where and how the rich live in Abuja, we see its magnificent mansions, the mirrored hallways, and its pure opulence and grandeur, which are deliberately hidden behind high electric fences. We also see old money in its quiet and unimposing nature. Hafsat Bebi is an absolute delight to read.

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·April 13, 2025·3 min read

Confronting menopause and aging: A review of Miranda July’s All Fours—Olukorede S. Yishau

At its core, All Fours is a humane and sympathetic exploration of aging and menopause, a subject often shrouded in silence and misunderstanding, as if it were something to conceal rather than acknowledge with empathy and honesty.

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·April 6, 2025·3 min read

Of dreams we hold dear and the weight of their loss – Olukorede S Yishau

Adichie’s portrayal of America is unflinching, exposing the contradictions that define the nation. It is a country where police brutality remains rampant, where racial disparities in maternal mortality persist, and where the American Dream is often nothing more than an illusion.

Burna Boy’s “No Sign of Weakness”: A Soundtrack of Swagger, Struggles, and Sweet Wahala – TKO

No Sign of Weakness: Burna Boy’s personal but less purposeful album – Michael Kolawole

Ayọ Maff’s “Prince of the Street” is a Missed Coronation – Michael Kolawole

Stuck between Faith and Frustration: A Review of Hail Mary by Funmi Fetto -Akumbu Uche

A Different Kind of Memoir: A review of Oluwatomiloba Ademokun’s “Wellness Wahala” – Olukorede S Yishau

Can science fully account for the mysteries of human life?: A Review of Ayo Deforge’s Grips of Grief— Olukorede S Yishau

Tense and Emotionally Charged: Kemi Adetiba’s “To Kill a Monkey” is a pulsating crime thriller – Chinonso Nzeakor

Taiwo Egunjobi’s “The Fire and the Moth” sacrifices plot for visuals – Precious Nzeakor

Red herrings and misdirections in Yemi Morafa’s ‘The Party’ – Chinonso Nzeakor

LAMDA’s production of James Baldwin’s “The Amen Corner” interrogates Christian charity – Toni Kan

Intriguing Insights into Reincarnation: A review of Cheta Igbokwe’s “Awele” — Nenye Okoye

With “Wedlock of the Gods,” professor brings Nigerian storytelling and culture to USC main stage — Chinyere Amobi

The ghastly murder of musician Israel Njemanze in Lagos — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Mourning Ngugi wa Thiong’o in Peace; A response to Prof Indagasi — Andrew Maina

Poetry and the subconscious: A personal essay on Kwesi Brew’s “The Mesh” – Star Zahra

Tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong’o, my literary hero — Andrew Maina

Adrien Brody’s “Red Chip” revolution beyond the box office

I try to find that sweet spot between substance and form — Michael Afenfia

Toni Kan in Conversation with Nels Abbey who says – My favourite book would be The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah.

Nigerians Hussain Ahmed, Theresa Lola & Ajibola Tolase on shortlist for 2025 Derek Walcott Prize

Nigerian poet Maryam Bukar named UN Global Advocate for Peace

Kunle Afolayan crowned tourism entrepreneur

Book Review

Stuck between Faith and Frustration: A Review of Hail Mary by Funmi Fetto -Akumbu Uche

Can science fully account for the mysteries of human life?: A Review of Ayo Deforge’s Grips of Grief— Olukorede S Yishau

Love, Interrupted: A review of ‘These Letters End In Tears’ by Musih Tedji Xaviere — Akumbu Uche

An Unsettling and Complex Vision of Lagos in Okungbowa’s ‘Lost Ark Dreaming’ – Sima Essien

Review of Obase-Sam Ikoi’s “The Comedian’s Diary” – Jude Dibia

Chimamanda elevates the quotidian into genius – Precious Nzeakor

A Different Kind of Memoir: A review of Oluwatomiloba Ademokun’s “Wellness Wahala” – Olukorede S Yishau

Of Tradition & Transition: Review of ‘The Village Priest’ by Remmy Nweke — ‘Gbenga Sesan

Will Affliction Arise a Second Time?: A Review of Lola Akinmade’s ‘Bitter Honey’— Olukorede S Yishau

A review of Fatima Bala’s ‘Hafsatu Bebi’- Olukorede S. Yishau

Confronting menopause and aging: A review of Miranda July’s All Fours—Olukorede S. Yishau

Of dreams we hold dear and the weight of their loss – Olukorede S Yishau

Nigerians Hussain Ahmed, Theresa Lola & Ajibola Tolase on shortlist for 2025 Derek Walcott Prize

“The Man Died” continues impressive world tour

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