I chose to read Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo, as I was looking for a lighter read following some heavier reads I had read recently. I particularly enjoyed the narration by Adjoa Andoh, who many of you will know her as Lady Danbury from Bridgerton. She brought her character acting that I’m familiar from […]
“…We humans are reckless with our bodies, reckless with our lives, for no other reason than that we want to know what would happen, what it might feel like to brush up against death, to run right up to the edge of our lives, which is, in some ways, to live fully.” Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa […]
It’s nice to see a list of books that doesn’t focus on Nigeria. I’ll be sure to read some of the others. http://bookriot.com/2014/09/24/african-reading-list/
Madam has the contours of a girl I knew in Dansoman and sculptures sold at Arts Centre and Bitter Lemon bottles. Slender top and round the rest. A perfect holy roundness that is proof of God’s existence and His goodness furthermore. Her skin is ageless, creaseless, paint. Her lower back a hiding place. The colour brooks […]
I am always looking for African authors to discover. This list includes people I own, as well as those I have never heard of. I guess I can add them to the Amazon wishlist. The 10 best African writers (who aren’t Chinua Achebe)
Elaine Adu-Poku 