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Caleb Nelson's Open Water
Caleb Nelson’s Open Water: Literature melds Music and Photography

In the summer of 2019, as what later became Caleb Nelson’s Open Water was produced,…

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Chibundu Onuzo’s “The Spider King’s Daughter” Fails Tragically in its Literary Bidding

Chibundu Onuzo’s “The Spider King’s Daughter” takes the form of didacticism that midwifed the Onitsha…

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Is Beyoncé Wrong in Appropriating African Culture?

And that is the problem with sentiments: its rare ability to pull the mind of…

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Book Review: Why Chibundu Onuzo’s “Welcome to Lagos” Failed to Hit Its Mark

By Nzube Nlebedim Chibundu Onuzo’s novel, Welcome to Lagos, is a book that manages to…

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The Calendar and the Clock: The Relevance of Names to African Identity

By Nzube Nlebedim February 6, 1967, is a date in history that is most memorable…