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Ezioma Kalu
Oct 26, 20234 min read
Book Review: All Shades of Iberibe by Kasimma.
Blurb In the Nigerian language Igbo "iberibe" means "messed up." This stunning short story collection by Kasimma grabs readers and pulls...
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Ezioma Kalu
Oct 24, 20233 min read
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...
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Ezioma Kalu
Sep 20, 20235 min read
Book Review: International Sisi Eko & Other Stories.
Blurb A desperate doctor commits murder to appease his wife. A drug-dealing family comes undone following a police raid. A young...
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Ezioma Kalu
Sep 20, 20235 min read
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...
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Ezioma Kalu
Sep 18, 20234 min read
Book Review: Happiness Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta
Blurb Here are Nigerian women at home and transplanted to the United States, building lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the...
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Ezioma Kalu
Sep 5, 20235 min read
Book Review: Wives At War by Flora Nwapa
Blurb From Flora Nwapa comes another collection of absorbing short stories centered around women. Common to all stories is the...
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Ezioma Kalu
Aug 22, 20233 min read
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...
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Ezioma Kalu
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Book Review: What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Blurb A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends...
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Ezioma Kalu
Aug 20, 20232 min read
Book Review: A broken people's playlist by Chimeka Garricks
Blurb A Broken People’s Playlist is a collection of short stories with underlying themes so beautifully woven that each story flows into...
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