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Book Review·May 8, 2022·4 min readBedbugs, Biafra and Being Black: A review of Uwem Akpan’s “New York My Village” – Sylva Nze IfedigboNew York My Village | Parresia Publishers, 2022 | 481 The decision not to teach our history and particularly the... Read More
Book Review·April 3, 2022·3 min readFinding the killer within: A review of Miracle Emeka-Nkwor’s “What Happened to Janet Uzor” -Sylva Nze IfedigboWhat Happened to Janet Uzor | Miracle Emeka-Nkwor | Masobe Books, 2021 | 234 A Young Adulty mystery novel by... Read More
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·April 17, 2022·4 min readA stunning coming-of-age tale, a review of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Gravel Heart” – Olukorede S YishauIt spans decades. The tales in this novel take us through Zanzibar of the 1970s, London of the 1980s and... Read More
Book Review·March 27, 2022·4 min readA sordid history of Nigeria: A review of Taiwo Michael Oloyede’s ‘Lagos is killing me” -Olukorede S. YishauGreedy leaders. Looting. Colonialism. Neocolonialism. Fake drug dealers. Power cuts. Money-laundering. Hunger. Cultural diversity. Deceit. Amalgamation. Motion without movement. Ethnocentrism.... 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