In Scripture, Jide Badmus unleashes the romantic in him as he ventures into a tirade, describing an experience that involves man’s interaction with God and the relationship that festers as man longs f…
Book Review: Ofunneka, by Philomena Bivese-Djebah is All of Us; Perfect Outlooks with our Share of Pain
While some books begin with a bang and straight off plunge you into a deluge of emotions, some others ease into it, slowly, steadily. Ofunneka by Philomena Bivese-Djebah is one of such stories which e…
Book Review | Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coehlo
On reading the first few pages of Eleven Minutes, you might first be intrigued by the line about ISIS; then assume that Paulo Coehlo is telling the story of a prostitute and her transition. But that&#…
If You’ve Still Not Yet Read Kintu, You are Wrong
June, Last year, Nneka Lesley Arimah asked of Kintu, “Is this the great Ugandan Novel?” This is precisely why I bought the book. Curiosity. Hype. Stan for everything Arimah and Makumbi. Love for Ugand…
Book Review: In Here Comes the Sun, Paradise is a Paradox | by Ama Udofa
If you are the kind of person to judge books by their covers, then you might think you are in for a sun-filled fun-filled read in the land of always summer. But it only takes the first three pages fo…
Book Review: A Thousand Country Roads | Munukayumbwa Mwiya
In Robert James Waller’s The Bridges Of Madison County, Robert Kincaid dies before he and Francesca Johnson, who eventually also dies, can get a reunion. They die having spent no more than a couple of…
Book Review: A Moonless Star Sky
Would you risk your life to help a stranger in danger? Would you deny yourself a good life in order to change your society? I found myself asking these questions while I read through Alexis Okeowo’s “…
Book Review: Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians
Book Review: Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians “Nowhere in the world are there to be found people richer than the Chinese” — Ibn Battuta I knew I had to read Crazy Rich Asians as soon …
Book Review: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Book Review: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother The other day, I tweeted about how I never attended sleepovers in my friends’ houses while growing up just because my mom never agreed to them. Someo…