Book Reviews
- Created on 14 May 2013
- 14 May 2013
Americanah - A Critical Perspective
Americanah, when it was published and launched in April, I face-booked it that anyone in diaspora, including those coming abroad for the first time for diaspora lifestyle should read it. It made eloquent sense as reviewers are now showing.
- Created on 25 April 2013
- 25 April 2013
Arrows of Rain By Okey Ndibe – A Review
Arrows of Rain is a fascinating satirical allegory that reveals in gory details the terrible effect of military rule in a country named Madia in the novel, but which is, in fact, a thinly disguised Nigeria.
- Created on 31 March 2013
- 31 March 2013
The Naipaul in us
The drama Naipaul records in the book is cringe-worthy: In Gabon, his legs give way and someone attempts to transport him in a broken wheelbarrow.
- Created on 23 April 2013
- 23 April 2013
Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”: A Timeless Piece
I had my first encounter with the literary Iroko twenty-seven years ago as a secondary school girl in Form four when we were first introduced to Literature in English.
- Created on 15 March 2013
- 16 March 2013
He Dared by Offonbuk Akpabio
Offonbuk Akpabio has written the kind of book that all of us ought to be writing about our most admired forebears. .