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A Review of The Girl With The Louding Voice By Abi Dare

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 koechkaren0 Comments

“Your schooling is your voice, child. It will be speaking for you even if you didn’t open your mouth to talk.” “My mama say education…

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A Review of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 koechkaren0 Comments

Tomi Adeyemi’s debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone is a fantasy book of the times. I am not one to pick up books of…

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A Review of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 koechkaren0 Comments

For sisters & sistas & the sistahs & sistren & the women & the womxn & the wimmin & the womyn & our brethren &…

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A Review of The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 koechkaren0 Comments

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…

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A Review of Thursdays by Jackson Biko

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 koechkaren0 Comments

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…

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A Review of A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 koechkaren5 Comments

“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.”…

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A Review of The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange

September 13, 2020October 16, 2020 koechkaren0 Comments

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…

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Boy Interrupted by Saah Millimono – A Review

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 koechkaren21 Comments

What happens when a young boy’s life is interrupted by war?

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Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe – A Review

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 koechkaren5 Comments

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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