Abubakar Adam Ibrahim: Season of Crimson Blossoms
The latest addition to my website is Abubakar Adam Ibrahim's Season of Crimson Blossoms. This is a novel set in contemporary Nigeria, against a background of violence, corruption, drug-dealing and…
The latest addition to my website is Abubakar Adam Ibrahim's Season of Crimson Blossoms. This is a novel set in contemporary Nigeria, against a background of violence, corruption, drug-dealing and…
The latest addition to my website is Elnathan John's Born on a Tuesday. This novel could be said to be a Boko Haram novel, as, in the latter part of…
The latest addition to my website is Jowhor Ile's And After Many Days. This is Ile's first novel and very well written for a first novel. The story involves the…
The latest addition to my website is Cyprian Ekwensi's Survive the Peace. This novel is set at the end of the Biafran War. James Odugo is a radio journalist who…
The latest addition to my website is Cyprian Ekwensi's Beautiful Feathers. This tells the story of Wilson Iyari, a man who runs a successful pharmacy and is head of the…
The latest addition to my website is Cyprian Ekwensi's Burning Grass, a well-written and lively novel about a Fulani family in Nigeria. The patriarch, Mai, is afflicted with the wandering…
The latest addition to my website is Cyprian Ekwensi's Jagua Nana. This is an early example of the Nigerian urban novel - previous novels had been mainly set in the…
The latest addition to my website is Irenosen Okojie's Butterfly Fish. This is a very accomplished and colourful debut novel by a Nigerian-born English writer. It tells the story of…
The latest addition to my website is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah, her third novel. As should happen, her second novel was much better than her first and this one is…
The latest addition to my wesbite is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, her first novel. I was a bit disappointed with this book, as it was a bit unsubtle, telling…