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Book Review: God's Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu.
Blurb In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things announces the arrival...
Ezioma Kalu
Oct 24, 20233 min read
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Book Review: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi.
Blurb Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and...
Ezioma Kalu
Sep 26, 20234 min read
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Book Review: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Blurb Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 28, 20232 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: 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: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Blurb There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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Book Review: Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde
Blurb As in Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the queer, the poor, the displaced, the footloose and...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 22, 20233 min read
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Book Review: The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu
Blurb Vimbai is the best hairdresser in Mrs. Khumalo’s salon, and she is secure in her status until the handsome, smooth-talking Dumisani...
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Blurb Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....
Ezioma Kalu
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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