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Jide Badmus’ “Obaluaye” Is a Paradox of Chaos and Harmony

The continuity from one poem to the next is constant, but what gives novelty to…

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Sola Osofisan’s “The Simple Joys of Her Final Days” Presents Wry Portraits of Nigerian Life at Home and Abroad

Osofisan’s descriptions of the lives of the Nigerian poor, – the lower classes living out…

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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s “When We Were Fireflies” Examines the Primal Questions of Life and the Afterlife

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s When We Were Fireflies is arguably the greatest novel to come out…

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”God’s Children Are Little Broken Things” Review: Arinze Ifeakandu’s Book Reveals the Silent Resilience of Queer Love in Nigeria

As homosexual relationships are publicly scrutinised, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things reveals the tactics…

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Emmanuel Iduma’s “I am Still With You” Contemplates War, Loss, and the Burden of Memory

Like many memoirs of the Biafran War, I am Still with You contains enough depressing,…

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Tunde Ososanya’s “Lagos, Life and Sexual Distraction” Captures Scenes of Tragedy and Sensuality

Ososanya’s writing comes to life when he portrays adolescent life, its sexual explosions, innocence, guilt,…

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Chidiebube onye Okohia’s “Of Dark Tides and Darkling Times” is a Philosophical Exploration of Life

Chidiebube onye Okohia thus takes us through the anxieties of youth, the travails and dangers…

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Ayòbámi Adébáyò’s “A Spell of Good Things” Sheds Light on Inequality in Modern Nigeria

With A Spell of Good Things, Ayòbámi Adébáyò calls us to be aware of these…

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Obinna Udenwe’s “The Widow Who Died with Flowers in her Mouth” Features Explorations of Loneliness and Redemption

There are moments of low form that leave the reader less than satisfied, but when…

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An Unlikely Relationship Throbs in the Heart of Cairo in Noor Naga’s “If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English”

Naga’s greatest strength is in capturing the excruciating detail that attends the gradual atrophy of…