I have devoured the content of several Nigerian books and I am always taken aback as I read in dismay the very similar stories contained in Nigerian literal works. This gory sight has become a [...]
I have devoured the content of several Nigerian books and I am always taken aback as I read in dismay the very similar stories contained in Nigerian literal works. This gory sight has become a [...]
Author: Chimanda Ngozi Adichie This book was given to me as a gift by a dear friend of mine. Having read Purple Hibiscus by the same author, I looked forward to taking a peek into [...]
We became good friends, Kambili and I, when I realized we have a lot in common. I have learnt a lot from her and her experiences. We met on the first page of Purple Hibiscus [...]
Author: Eddie Iroh Book:Without a Silver Spoon Word count: 250 words. Without a Silver Spoon stirred up in me a love for reading Nigerian books. My heart went out to the protagonist Ure Chokwe, a [...]
I got back from school one day and the first thing I searched for was my ‘Concubine’. When I couldn’t find it after approximately ten minutes, I freaked. “Have you seen the concubine?” I asked [...]
The Gods are not to Blame Ola Rotimi ***** My Best Nigerian book is Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame . It’s a classic that most literature student can not escape. The play [...]
THINGS FALL APART Author:Chinua Achebe. Written by Kaosi Anyanwu. Location:Lagos. I remember that very day as if it was yesterday.The day I got this book.My dad came back one day saying that we must read [...]
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe As cliché as it might sound, Things Fall Apart was the book that did ‘it’ for me. For too long my literary world was colonized, I had never read any [...]
Title of the novel – Purple Hibiscus Author’s name – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ‘Things started to fall apart at home’. That is what Chimamanda writes in the opening line of the novel and of course, [...]
Say you’re one of them Uwem Akpan As a pupil in the secondary school , I knew my mother was a nurse in the Federal Medical center , Ikot Ekpene and that she was paid [...]
BOOK: PURPLE HIBISCUS AUTHOR: CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE As I flipped through the pages, I couldn’t help but to be increasingly enamoured of my best Nigerian book. It felt like the story of a part of [...]
Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta did not strike a chord in me initially. It was slow-paced and the central theme evaded me. Fast-forward one hundred plus pages later, I was utterly blown away! [...]
When a hopeless sucker for magical realism and words extravaganza like me is asked to nominate his best Nigerian book he has only one choice: The Famished Road. Many good novels manage a couple of [...]
My favourite Nigerian book is Chimnmanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus for several reasons beyond her writing style, structure, topic and story. The novel highlights various issues from family to society to government. I learnt that rules [...]
Name: Ogbuehi Christopher Book Title: The Concubine Location: Nassarawo Quarters, Gombe State “WARNING: The Federal Ministry of Health warns that the book you are about to read may become quite addictive after line 1. You [...]
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