The delicate interplay of fate and agency in Olufunke Grace Bankole’s “The Edge of Water”- Olukorede S Yishau
“Freedom Way” Review: A quietly devastating portrayal of struggle, survival & systemic madness — Joseph Jonathan
Tense and Emotionally Charged: Kemi Adetiba’s “To Kill a Monkey” is a pulsating crime thriller – Chinonso Nzeakor
With “Wedlock of the Gods,” professor brings Nigerian storytelling and culture to USC main stage — Chinyere Amobi
Toni Kan in Conversation with Nels Abbey who says – My favourite book would be The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah.
Book Review·March 20, 2022·3 min readA love story made in London: A review of Lola Aworanti-Ekugo’s “Lagos to London” -Sylva Nze IfedigboLola Aworanti-Ekugo | Origami – An imprint of Parresia Publishers, 2021 | 23 Lagos to London, the debut novel by... Read More
Book Review·March 13, 2022·6 min readAll animals are not equal: A review of NoViolet Bulawayo’s “Glory” -Olukorede S YishauThere is no way you will read NoViolet Bulawayo’s sophomore novel, Glory, and George Orwell’s Animal Farm will not keep... Read More
Book Review·February 13, 2022·5 min readWhat it feels like to be from a country that no longer exists: A review of ‘Floating In A Most Peculiar Way’. -Sylva Nze IfedigboLouis Chude-Sokei | Mariner Books, 2021 | 219 Pages “The casualties are not only those who are dead.” The lines... Read More
Book Review·January 23, 2022·4 min readAmaeshi’s gripping business, political thriller tugs at the heart of Nigeria’s under-development -Anote AjeluorouIf you’re still wondering why Nigeria is a failed (or failing, as some optimists would have us believe) state, perhaps... Read More
Book Review·January 16, 2022·8 min readReview of Femi Osofisan’s ‘Gamaliel Onosode Classicus, An Honourable Life’ – Olukorede S. Yishau Lovers of poetry may like the part of Femi Osofisan’s ‘Gamaliel Onosode Classicus, An Honourable Life’, which gives an insight into... Read More
Book Review·January 2, 2022·4 min readA man’s quest for survival: A Review of Eric Ngalle Charles’s memoir ‘I, Eric Ngalle’ – Sylva Nze IfedigboEric Ngalle Charles | Purple Shelves Publishers, 2021 | 246 pages I met Eric Ngalle in person before I met... Read More
Book Review·March 20, 2022·4 min readThere is no business like show business, a review of Azuh Arinze’s “Conversations With Showbiz Stars” -Uzor Maxim UzoatuConversations With Showbiz Stars by Azuh Arinze; YES International Ventures, Akute, Ogun State; 2022; 294pp The 1954 American film... Read More
Book Review·March 6, 2022·6 min readLet’s tell this story properly a review of “The Son of the House” -Sima EssienWoman don suffer oh Lowo everybody Suffer suffer for world (amen) Enjoy for heaven What sort of a book... Read More
Book Review·February 6, 2022·5 min readA dark shade of silence, a review of Jumoke Verissimo’s “A Small Silence” -Olukorede S YishauThe opening lines are passionate, promising and effervescent. In between these early lines, it becomes glaring that Jumoke Verissimo’s A... Read More
Book Review·January 16, 2022·5 min read“Camouflage”: Tales from the powerhouse of modern African writing -Chris DuntonCamouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria (Treasure Books/Mace Books Associates) Edited by Nduka Otiono and Odoh Diego Okenyodo. ... Read More
Book ReviewEssaysLiterary EssaysMovie ReviewMusic Review·January 9, 2022·3 min readThe Lagos Review: Top 10 Essays of 20212021 has come and gone and with headwinds from the Covid-19 pandemic, many have described the year as a challenging... Read More
Book Review·January 2, 2022·2 min read“The Baby is Mine”: King Solomon of the pandemic -Peju AkandeOyinkan Braithwaite, Narrative Landscape Press, 2021 Written in the first person, The Baby is Mine reminds me of the oft... Read More