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…
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…
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…
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, 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 &…
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…
“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…
Fans of Literature and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie have been waiting for the return of her popular writing workshop – THE FARAFINA WORKSHOP! The good news is, the workshop is back!!! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at a press conference in Lagos, Nigeria,…
Cameroonians in Rome denouncing the discrimination suffered by Cameroon’s Anglophone minority.CreditCreditPatrizia Cortellessa/Pacific Press, via LightRocket, via Getty Images Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie turned 41 on the 15th day of September and she had an article published in THE NEWYORK TIMES on…
I really enjoyed reading Like A Mule Bringing Ice-Cream To The Sun. I enjoyed it for so many reasons. First of all, it reminded me of one of my favourite series; This Is Us. It reminded me of the sheer…
