A Book Review : Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
Happy New Year! I can’t believe I’m churning out my first review of the year on the 15th day of January. So much for new year goals. Nonetheless, I’m happy to share my review of BORN A CRIME by TREVOR…
Hear Word! Lagos, 2018 : Learning, Unlearning, Relearning
I had the opportunity of seeing HEAR WORD on the 30th day of December, 2018. I made it to the 7pm show and got a ticket by sheer luck as EVERYTHING WAS SOLD OUT! I’m always pleased to see people…
OPEN: A well spent Christmas Eve With Titilope Sonuga
Attending OPEN by Titilope was the best decision I made for Christmas Eve. I don’t know what exactly spurred me to tears as she began. The poems, perhaps? The music? Or the lightening? Or the fact that she was crying…
The Holidays are upon us! And these are the books we are reading!
The Holidays are upon us again and we – at THE AFRO READER – are encouraging you to utilize the last few days of the year significantly. And what better way than to read books?!? I have three books that…
Conversations With Tolu Akinyemi
We are happy to be media partners with THE BAGUS TEAM in this Virtual Book Tour with Mr. Tolu Akinyemi. We had a little chat with him and we hope you enjoy it! 1) THE AFRO READER: Your poems are…
Stage Play Memories and Book Review : Secret Lives Of Baba Segi’s Wives
I always tell anyone who is looking to begin reading African Books about THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES. It is usually the first book I recommend. Imagine my joy when I heard a stage play was coming to…
A Book Review : Foreign Gods by Okey Ndibe
Featured Image culled from HomeLandReview A Book Review by Okey Erinne. Who on earth hatches a plot to steal a deity? Only Ikechukwu Uzondu! When Ike, an alumnus of an American University, first reads about Foreign Gods, Inc., he cannot…
Nnedi Okorafor is set to release her first non-fiction Book
Nnedi Okorafor, author of Who Fears Death took to her Instagram Page to announce the release of her new book. “Here is the cover of my first nonfiction book! Its release date is June 2019 (TED Books). BROKEN PLACES &…
A Mini-Review: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I called this a mini-review because talking about this book in its totality would be to give all of its content away and I don’t want to do that. If you do not own this little yet insightful book by…
A Book Review : Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
“We teach girls that they can’t be sexual beings in the way boys are. We teach girls shame…we make them feel as though by being born female, they are already guilty of something. And so girls grow up to be…