The prologue of Rosanna Amaka’s charming and deeply affecting historical novel, Rose and the Burma Sky, promises a great time...
An accident happens and Jonah dies. He dies in the presence of Feyi, his young wife. Five years speed by...
The Oxford-based Abibiman Publishing is set to release the United Kingdom edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature nominee Olukorede...
In the alluring opening paragraphs of Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers, we meet Jende, a Camerounian, who is in New...
Ayodele Olofintuade’s novel Lakiriboto Chronicles has a subtitle, A brief history of badly behaved women. Set mainly in Ibadan, it...
She believes that sex smells like fish and ice cream, but her first time is for a packet of imported...
It spans decades. The tales in this novel take us through Zanzibar of the 1970s, London of the 1980s and...
E.C. Osondu’s latest novel, When The Sky Is Ready The Stars Will Appear, is peopled with men and women who...
The sky is not high enough for you to leap but because the society thinks otherwise; it puts lots of...
He lures you in with a line from Wizkid’s song – I want your body sleeping in my bed. And...
When you think of a country, chances are that the words ‘loyalty’ and ‘patriotism’ may cross your mind. Leaders expect...
The descriptive first paragraph is inviting. It has blood, dust, sweat and all the violent imagery they often conjure. And...
