A Review of The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. Zimbabwean Proverb. The Shadow King by…
Read MoreUntil the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. Zimbabwean Proverb. The Shadow King by…
Read MoreIf you are Kenyan and you make a small effort to read. Even just a newspaper, you’ve probably spotted Jackson Biko’s writing. I have been…
Read More“The coward lived to see his mother while the brave was left dead in the battlefield. And to ward off a blow is not cowardice.”…
Read MoreIn the past few months I have coincidentally found myself reading books whose settings have been around some sort of political upheavals or civil war…
Read More“Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is exactly what Northern Nigerian Literature should look like. This is a very moving book, a love story, with the unlikeliest of…
Read MoreWhat happens when a young boy’s life is interrupted by war?
Read MoreMemories of love. This is a more accurate title to this book that I think is now one of my favourites. What makes a book…
Read MoreI finally finished reading Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe! Of the over twenty books Chinua has graced the literature world with, I may not…
Read More