“Where is your husband?” is a question that rings familiar to many unmarried women across the African diaspora, especially after university. This common refrain is at the heart of Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, and is what initially drew me to this book – despite me being somewhat older than Yinka and still […]
Followers of me on Twitter will know that I’ve been a regular on the Black Woman’s Hour podcast for the past two years. The anniversary of my debut on the pod has just passed. And you may recall, I joined as a guest on episode 3, and it’s nice to think we are still going […]
Hope & Glory is the debut novel from Jendella Benson. Being set in Peckham, with a cast primarily from Nigeria I found the book highly relatable. It covered a variety of themes including joint enterprise, religion and a family secret. One thing I really appreciated was how Benson delved into the different ways in which […]
If, like me, you’re a bit of a word nerd and love digging into the quirky corners of language, Gareth Carrol’s Jumping Sharks and Dropping Mics is an absolute treat. This book takes a deep dive into the origins of modern idioms, unpacking their meanings and tracing how they’ve made their way into our everyday conversations. It’s […]
I was recently told that I seem to read a lot of serious drinks. This was by someone who has met me post the first three lockdowns, or was that two. If they had met me this time last year, they would have learnt that I developed some serious mixology skills as I attended many […]
Elaine Adu-Poku 