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 MoreA Review of Thursdays by Jackson Biko
If 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 MoreA Review of A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
“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 MoreA Review of The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange
In 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 MoreA Review of Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
“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 MoreBoy Interrupted by Saah Millimono – A Review
What happens when a young boy’s life is interrupted by war?
Read MoreThe Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna – A Review
Memories 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 MoreArrow of God by Chinua Achebe – A Review
I finally finished reading Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe! Of the over twenty books Chinua has graced the literature world with, I may not…
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