2019-02-02 04:13
January's gone. February's here and it's Black History Month 2019! For the past two years I've dedicated my February posts to celebrating African American authors. Finding novels that I genu… Read More
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2018-12-27 16:41
Isn't it crazy that there's only 4 days left in the year 2018?! This has been an incredible year and I'm grateful for all of my experiences this year. Let's talk about boookssss!!! Last… Read More
2018-12-04 05:41
We're approaching the end of another year and so it's time for my annual review of the Caine Prize for African Writing Anthology. I've been reviewing the Caine Prize Anthology on this blog s… Read More
2018-10-27 21:11
Kachifo Limited launched its new e-book store, farafinabooks.com, on October 20th, 2018. Now, you can buy and read on your devices your best-loved titles from any of their imprints: Farafina… Read More
2018-08-13 18:52
Farafina is set to publish debut novel, Of Women and Frogs, by Bisi Adjapon, in December 2018. Of Women and Frogs is a coming-of-age story of Esi, a feisty half-Nigerian girl growing up… Read More
2018-03-07 20:04
19 Y.O. The night before I turned 20
Ten years ago in an internet cafe on the University of Nigeria, Nsukka campus I created this blog site and published my first blog post titled My Blogen… Read More
2018-03-05 01:55
There are eight short stories in Going to Meet the Man. The first is The Rockpile, a tale of a small family and its abusive patriarch. In The Outing a young black adolescent boy be… Read More
2018-02-27 17:55
Junot Diaz's Drown is a collection of ten short stories. It begins with Ysrael, a tale of two brothers who set out to track down a local kid whose mauled face is perpetually hidden behind a… Read More
2018-02-21 00:32
The African American family at the center of Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Unburied, Sing is broken and hurt in many different ways. Pop, the family's patriarch, is burdened by a secret from his time… Read More
2018-02-17 22:55
It wasn't until January of 2017 that I paid attention to BET's TV series Being Mary Jane. My cousins were surfing Netflix for entertainment options while I read a novel that first week of Ja… Read More
2018-02-17 00:56
Another year = Another Black History Month = Another month of celebrating books by black authors! If this is your first time visiting this blog catch up on my inaugural bookish celebration o… Read More
2018-01-01 18:50
If one meme could sum up my life in 2017 it would be the Kylie Jenner one where she talks about a year of realizing stuff. I literally realized so much stuff in the year 2017. Some of it was… Read More
2018-01-01 06:33
Another year, another Anthology from the Caine Prize for African Writing. Reading the 2015 Caine Prize Anthology was such a good experience I decided to review it every year in December. Thi… Read More
2017-11-21 03:52
FARAFINA released three new books this November!
- What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky (Nigerian Edition) by Lesley Nneka Arimah
- How to Win Elections in Africa by Chude Jideonwo an… Read More
2017-06-08 12:49
Eyo's a young girl who lives with her parents and two siblings in Ajegunle, Lagos. Early every
morning she and her little brother head out to hawk ice-water in Lagos traffic to supplement h… Read More
2017-05-28 00:06
The Kasahorow Writers' Fellowship is a four month program for writers that includes customized writing skills training and guidance to plan, write and publish books. It's all done online thu… Read More
2017-04-30 21:24
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky is a collection of twelve exceptional short stories by new author, Lesley Nneka Arimah. It begins with
The Future Looks Good, a tale spanning thre… Read More
2017-04-17 00:17
Resemblance is a new novel authored by Nigeria's Afolabi Opanubi. Bloggers will recognize him as the man behind the captivating blog site, Through My Eyes. It was his platform and… Read More
2017-03-08 06:43
Ruby Bell is stark raving mad. She walks the streets barefoot, pees on herself in public, howls nightly
in the forest as she battles numerous demons and digs furiously into tree roots. Hers… Read More
2017-03-01 04:28
Today's the last day of February! Wherever you are I hope you found some way to celebrate our rich black history. On the 1st of February I announced that I would devote this month to re… Read More
2017-02-21 08:16
Margot works as a front desk clerk at the Palm Star Resort in Jamaica. During the day she answers the phones, welcomes guests, oversees the hotel staff and sees to it that guests are comfort… Read More
2017-02-15 06:53
The Mothers begins titillatingly with scandalous gossip. Nadia Turner, daughter and only child of Robert and Elisa, got impregnated by the pastor's son and she went to the abortion clinic do… Read More
2017-02-08 04:57
Hattie, her mom and her two sisters fled the south and traveled up north to Philadelphia to start life all over when Hattie was fifteen years old. The difference in racial relations is immed… Read More
2017-02-02 13:55
Black History Month is an annual celebration of black history and accomplishments. It's a tradition that originated from the fact that the contributions of blacks to the United States of Ame… Read More
2017-01-30 01:38
In Chibundu Onuzo's Welcome to Lagos two soldiers Chike and Yemi flee their army base because they can no longer continue with the atrocities being committed by their platoon. They dese… Read More
2017-01-07 18:32
Voice of America is a collection of eighteen short stories. It begins with Waiting and ends with the titular story,Voice of America. Some of the characters live in Nigeria and fantasize… Read More
2016-12-08 08:28
The Caine Prize for African Writing is a prestigious literary prize awarded to African writers annually beginning in the year 2000. Each year an anthology comprising of shortlisted stories a… Read More
2016-11-16 00:36
Behold the Dreamers is a story about a Cameroonian family living in the United States of America. Jende made it out of Cameroun on a visiting visa three years ago and was able to, over a per… Read More
2016-11-14 08:02
Mary Okeke Reviews is one of my favorite literary blogs out there. Its creator Mary Okeke recently began the Blogger Spotlight series on her blog and yesterday she featured me! It's a really… Read More
2016-10-14 13:15
Dantala's a Muslim boy living in northern Nigeria. His dad is dead, his mother is a shell of her former self due to a family tragedy, and his siblings are scattered. At the beginning of… Read More
2016-10-07 18:15
Homegoing begins with the nighttime birth of Effia Otcher, one of the two great ancestresses whose lineages we will follow to the end. We see Effia grow, get married off to a white colo… Read More
2016-09-14 15:22
Morayo is an elderly woman living in San Francisco, California. She lives alone with her multitude of books in a prized apartment with a choice view of the city. She has never had children a… Read More
2016-09-11 01:24
The Path Which Shapes Us is a young adult fiction novel written by South African poet, novelist and essayist, Lazola Pambo. Its protagonist Clifford Malothi is caught up in his Uncle's past… Read More
2016-09-08 05:40
Bam and Maureen Smales are a caucasian couple with three kids living in apartheid South Africa. This story begins with them in a village hut being attended to by their black manservant, July… Read More
2016-08-07 16:47
We're told right from the beginning about the troubling deaths of two black South Africans: Gordon Ngubene and his son Jordan. Gordon used to be a janitor at the school where Ben Du Toi… Read More
2016-07-07 21:33
David Lurie is a fifty-two year old college professor in South Africa. He's a two-time divorcee and father to one child, his daughter Lucy. David lives alone and he has sorted his life into… Read More
2016-06-08 16:46
In Nervous Conditions, Tambudzai is an ambitious young girl living in a small village in Zimbabwe who has a lot of obstacles blocking her path to getting an education. Her father is poor, la… Read More
2016-05-14 17:53
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours is a collection of nine short stories, four of which have been published previously in various journals. It begins with Books and Roses then continues wit… Read More
2016-05-07 16:50
Stephanos is a lonely shopkeeper living in Washington D.C. He fled the turmoil in Ethiopia almost two decades ago. He has no drive or ambition and is simply content to drift along from day t… Read More
2016-04-29 03:13
Two years ago when I interviewed Ben Hinson for this blog he was still working on his novel "Eteka: Rise of the Imamba". His interview was one of the best interviews I've done for this blog… Read More
2016-04-29 01:46
Two years ago when I interviewed Ben Hinson for this blog he was still working on his novel "Eteka: Rise of the Imamba". His interview was one of the best interviews I've done for this blog… Read More
2016-04-21 20:18
Efuru is a beautiful young woman who elopes with the young man she loves. Her elopement is a source of embarrassment for her father and the rest of her family especially in a traditional soc… Read More
2016-04-07 17:14
"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision - it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." That's a great quote from the late Audre Lorde. She wa… Read More
2016-03-09 17:20
Helen Oyeyemi will be in Houston, Texas on March 28th! She's one of the two authors featured this month in The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, one of the best and most popu… Read More
2016-03-08 03:53
There's a repulsive quality to Ahmadou Kourouma's Allah Is Not Obliged that's immediately apparent when you begin this novel especially because of the narrator's choice of words. Birahima is… Read More
2016-02-19 04:48
Paul tells his younger brother that he's off to his friend's house then he buckles his sandals, picks up his backpack and heads out the door. When Paul doesn't return that evening, his… Read More
2016-02-07 14:39
Azure's parents were murdered about three years ago in Cape Town, South Africa. He's twelve years old, almost thirteen, when we meet him in Thirteen Cents, hustling with other street ur… Read More
2016-01-08 04:43
Michel's a precocious young boy who lives with his parents in Pointe-Noire, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country located in sub-Saharan Africa. Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty … Read More
2015-12-28 18:17
The Caine Prize for African Writing 2015 anthology is titled Lusaka Punk and Other Stories. It contains seventeen short stories. Five of the stories were shortlisted for the 2015 Caine… Read More
2015-12-20 00:01
I discovered the African Roar anthology series last year and I reviewed the fifth edition, African Roar 2014, on this blog on December 19th, 2014. It's a series that's put tog… Read More
2015-12-07 22:59
Years after the end of the war, the people of Imperi trickle back home using the many winding, snake-like paths leading to their village. The first arrivals return to find a deserted village… Read More
2015-11-08 01:10
Bolanle is Baba Segi's newest wife and her arrival threatens to destabilize his household in all the
ways you'd expect but there's more. Bolanle is an even bigger threat because Baba Segi's… Read More
2015-10-24 21:33
I got tagged to put up a "To-Be-Read" post by Darkowaa of the beautiful and inspiring blog, African Book Addict. Here are my responses to the TBR questions. Enjoy!
1. How do you keep track… Read More
2015-10-08 01:28
Bitter Leaf is set in Mannobe a small regressive village located somewhere in Africa. We meet Jericho as she returns to Mannobe under the cover of darkness. She has lived in the city fo… Read More
2015-09-29 04:58
Ijeoma is a young Nigerian girl, an only child, who lives with her parents in Southern Nigeria.We are introduced to her family in the time period of the Nigeria-Biafra civil war. Everything… Read More
2015-09-15 04:48
Vimbai Hozo makes a big first impression on the beginning three pages of The Hairdresser of
Harare. She's self-assured, blunt, conscious of her own greatness in Harare and not afraid to own… Read More
2015-09-07 23:02
Happiness, Like Water is a collection of ten compelling short stories. It begins with Chinwe and Eze in the story On Ohaeto Street. Chinwe is quiet and dutiful woman who becomes a Jehov… Read More
2015-08-20 08:54
Inkitt's "Cult" Writing Contest ENDS in 30 Days!
Inkitt is a free platform that aims to help writers achieve their fullest potential. For their "Cult" writing contest they would like… Read More
2015-08-18 13:13
Inkitt's "Cult" Writing Contest ENDS in 30 Days!
Inkitt is a free platform that aims to help writers achieve their fullest potential. For their "Cult" writing contest they would like… Read More
2015-08-14 07:23
Furo Wariboko is a Nigerian man who wakes up Caucasian. In this situation where I would have screamed loudly yelled loudly in shock, Furo worries about how to leave his house for a… Read More
2015-08-07 05:16
Boy Novak is a caucasian girl living with her abusive father in Manhattan, New York. She finds the courage to run away from home then she starts life afresh in Flax Hill, New England. There… Read More
2015-07-14 12:43
Inkitt's "Beyond Time" Writing Contest Ends in 13 Days!
Submit your most imaginative and fantastic Science Fiction stories to Inkitt on or before July 27th! Take your readers on a journey;… Read More
2015-07-07 05:23
There's a house called "Family House" in E.C. Osondu's 2015 novel This House Is Not For Sale and it's at the center of everything that happens in the city. It's a large, wealthy ho… Read More
2015-06-14 17:26
Inkitt's Writing Contest for June 2015 Has Begun!
Inkitt's theme for their latest writing contest is "Fated Paradox: Tales of Gripping Suspense" and they want you to keep them on the edge o… Read More
2015-06-07 06:02
The Fishermen focuses on the lives of four brothers - Ikenna, Boja, Obembe, and Benjamin - but it's also about the disintegration of a family of eight in Akure, a town in western Nigeria. Be… Read More
2015-05-14 08:35
Inkitt's Writing Contest for May 2015 Has Begun!
Inkitt's newest writing contest is titled "Epic Worlds: A New Adventure" and they want you to submit your best fantasy stories. Submit your… Read More
2015-05-07 14:09
Deola Bello seems to be doing okay when we meet her. She's the Director of Internal Audits at the London office of LINK, an international charity foundation that monitors other charities and… Read More
2015-04-14 05:16
Inkitt's Writing Contest for April 2015 Has Begun!
Inkitt's April contest focuses on the sci-fi/fantasy genre this time. The theme is "Echo of Another World" and it's in honor of the l… Read More
2015-04-07 08:02
In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah writes about his years as a boy soldier in Sierra Leone. It's an incredible tale of children trudging through war torn Sierra Leone, armed to the teeth with… Read More
2015-03-07 21:19
I expected Oil on Water to be a gripping tale about life in the oil rich areas in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. I expected that it would follow the life of a protagonist who lives in ab… Read More
2015-03-03 20:09
Inkitt's "Running Scared" Horror Contest Starts TODAY!!
Inkitt is a free platform for writers to cultivate ideas and watch their stories grow. At Inkitt, writers and readers collabor… Read More
2015-02-07 14:19
Love Is Power or Something Like That is a collection of nine riveting short stories filled with many spirited characters. The collection begins with The Worst Thing That Happened f… Read More
2015-02-02 12:34
Inkitt's "Darkest Place" Horror Contest Starts TODAY!
What is Inkitt?
Inkitt is a free platform for writers to cultivate ideas and watch their stories grow. Their site lets users co… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Daughters Who Walk This Path is a tale of abuse. Sexual abuse. Morayo Ajayi and her little sister Eniayo have their challenges - Morayo is knock-kneed and Eniayo is an albino - but they are… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Darling, Bastard, Godknows, Stina, Chipo and Sbho are Zimbabwean kids who roam the streets daily in constant exploration of their surroundings. The Zimbabwe they live in is a broken dow… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In Burma Boy, Banana, a former apprentice of a local blacksmith, has lied about his age to get into the army. The platoon he joined rejects him after he convalesces from a bout of chickenpox… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Four women - Sisi, Efe, Ama and Joyce - sell sexual favors in Antwerp, Belgium in a bid to give themselves and their loved ones a better life. Their dreams vary in details but they share a c… Read More
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