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7 Short Story Collections to Read When You Can’t Commit to Novels

Ijapa O·July 12, 2025

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of short story collections to read when you can’t commit to novels. From a book that depicts the complexities and loneliness of immigrant life to another that encapsulates the ‘Nigerian weird’, the collections on this list are perfect reads between novels. Read More...

June/July 2025 Read Something African Reading

Grief Is the Hiding Place of Love

Iruoma Chukwuemeka·July 6, 2025

With Grief’s First Kiss is an Avalanche, Wendy Okeke joins a solid line of Nigerian authors who have explored grief in their literature, examining the deep affinities between love and loss without putting one over the other. Read More...

June/July 2025 Nigeria Reading

5 Books That Read Like Tales by Moonlight

Ijapa O·July 6, 2025

From the story of a troubled treasure hunter to that of a spirit child who chooses to remain in a crumbling world rather than escape to bliss of eternity, the books in this collection will cast a spell on you just like any tale by moonlight. Read More...

June/July 2025 Read Something African Reading

Black Scholarship in Africanfuturism

Aditri Chatterjee·June 29, 2025

Nnedi Okorafor's 'Death of the Author' is significant in imparting agency to its Black readers who want to explore africanfuturism, redefining Black scholarship through science fiction and proving that scientific development does not exclusively lie outside literature or within Western countries. Read More...

June/July 2025 Nigeria Reading

7 Books That Prove That Nigerians Are Having Sex

Ada Nnadi·June 29, 2025

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that prove that Nigerians are having sex. From the published accounts of African women on their sex lives to a story with a nuanced portrayal of teenage sexual attraction, the books on this list are all the proof you need that contrary to what many Nigerians would have us believe, they do enjoy a good rumble in the sheets! Read More...

June/July 2025 Read Something African Reading

Akwaeke Emezi’s Love Letter to Eastern Nigeria

Edwin Okolo·June 22, 2025

In their sophomore novel, The Death of Vivek Oji, published five years ago, Akwaeke Emezi upends conventions of plot, genre and place to tell a riveting story of how three generations of an Igbo family reckon with the unpredictability of desire and the certainty of death. Read More...

June/July 2025 Nigeria Reading

7 Books That Will Make You Actually Care About Climate Change

Ijapa O·June 22, 2025

From the memoir of a Ugandan climate activist, which emphasizes the importance of climate justice, to a dystopian novel that imagines a climate-ravaged South Africa, the books on this list will show you just how bad things can get if the world does not prioritize climate conservation. Read More...

June/July 2025 Read Something African Reading

5 Books You Probably Didn’t Know Were Made into Movies

Ijapa O·June 15, 2025

From a celebrated Nigerian novel produced by Netflix to a classic pre-apartheid South African novel starring renowned American actor James Earl Jones, the books on this list prove that African novels can make for intriguing movies too! Read More...

June/July 2025 Read Something African Reading

7 Books That Will Make You Feel Seen This Pride Month

Ijapa O·June 8, 2025

From a book about the experiences of a gay teenager in a Nigerian boarding school to the empowering memoir of the first trans man to force a medical aid to pay for his trans surgery in South Africa, these books offer unprecedented queer representation, reiterating the popular LGBTQ+ rights slogan, ‘We are here, we are queer.’ Read More...

June/July 2025 Read Something African Reading

7 African Novels You Didn’t Know Were Older Than Things Fall Apart

Ijapa O·June 1, 2025

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven African novels you didn’t know were older than Things Fall Apart. From novels exploring race and colonialism set in pre-apartheid South Africa to fantastical tales that dive into the world of Yoruba mythology, these books prove that the African novel has long been alive, well before Achebe’s emergence. Read More...

June/July 2025 Read Something African Reading

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