Alithnayn Abdulkareem has written this review on Amara Nicole Okolo’s spectacular memoir story – THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY; A FAMILY HISTORY, published in August by Catapult. You can read here if you haven’t or just for a refresher to understand it better. The story is so heavy and so dense a second read has had me…
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DODGING…FIRE; A Memoir Piece
Growing up in Ibadan, we perhaps had the most sheltered childhood in our neighbourhood, my siblings and I. Children played with sand in the streets, joined mobs to shout ole ole when they caught a robber and took baby chickens away from their mothers to feed them biscuit crumbs. We never did. The farthest we…
APRIL BOOK REVIEW; THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING.
Karanja was a guest writer on the blog last week and gracious enough to send in an extra piece (review) to fill in for me today, being book review day. He reviews the autobiography of Joan Didion. Thanks for doing this Karanja. You can read his beautiful post from last week here.
MY LUCKY NUMBER 10 by Banke Ogundairo
I have always insisted that Banke, my dear friend of 10 years can make a career out of writing if she took it seriously. When you read this piece where she coincidentally writes about 10 being her lucky number, you will agree with me. She discusses growing up with 9 siblings, the friendship of it…
Tope Owolabi 