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Book Review: Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola.
Blurb Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the...
Ezioma Kalu
Nov 2, 20234 min read
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Book Review: Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney.
Blurb Monique is a preacher's daughter who detests the impossible rules of her religion. Everyone expects her to wait until marriage, so...
Ezioma Kalu
Oct 26, 20234 min read
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Book Review: Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
Blurb An ambitious and assured collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed author of Kintu If there's one thing the...
Ezioma Kalu
Sep 20, 20235 min read
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Book Review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Blurb Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 28, 20233 min read
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Book Review: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Blurb When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it’s an obvious sign: PhD student...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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Book Review: Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
Blurb A revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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Book Review: Wahala by Nikki May
Blurb Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. She’s dating Kayode and wants him to be “the one” (perfect, like her dead father)....
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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Book Review: In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom.
Blurb Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 21, 20233 min read
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Book Review: Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn.
Blurb Yinka's Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she's too traditional (she's...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 21, 20233 min read
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Book Review: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
Blurb The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 20, 20232 min read
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