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The True Cost of Female Agency

Edwin Okolo·October 20, 2024

In her debut collection, Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda challenges our assumptions about the complexities of female relationships, heightening the outcomes by casting them in, and sometimes against, a city that is both magnificent and macabre. Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria October/November 2024 Reading

7 Books That Are Time Machines in Disguise

Ìjàpá O·October 17, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that are time machines in disguise. These books will take you from the Nigerian civil war era to pre-apartheid South Africa, and even many centuries back to the expedition that brought the first African to the Americas. Read More...

October/November 2024 Read Something African Reading

7 Books That Will Help You Survive the Boredom of Lagos Traffic

Ìjàpá O·October 13, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that will help you survive the boredom of Lagos traffic. Whether a short story collection or a science fiction novella, the books on this list have intriguing plot structures that will immerse you into their worlds, transporting you far from the frustrating stop-and-go of Lagos traffic. Read More...

October/November 2024 Read Something African Reading

7 Books That Will Make You Question Everything You Know About Literature

Ìjàpá O·October 6, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books that will make you question everything you know about literature. From a plotless novel to a novel written in verse, the books on this list push the boundaries of possibilities in literature, making for a refreshing reading experience. Read More...

October/November 2024 Read Something African Reading

7 Books to Help You Understand Nigeria Today as the Country Turns 64

Peace Yetunde Onafuye and Ìjàpá O·September 29, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of books that will help you understand Nigeria today as the country turns 64. From Chinua Achebe’s timeless critique of leadership failures to Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s nuanced exploration of modern Nigerian life, these books provide insightful perspectives on Nigeria’s past, present, and future. Read More...

August/September 2024 Read Something African Reading

7 Nigerian Writers and the Topics They Like Reading About

Ijapa O·September 27, 2024

In our past First Draft interviews, we asked Nigerian writers such as ’Pemi Aguda, Wardah Abbas, and Dami Ajayi about the topics they like reading about. Here’s what they told us. Read More...

August/September 2024 First Draft Interviews Reading

7 Wole Soyinka Plays That Feel Like They Were Written Today

Ìjàpá O·September 22, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven Wole Soyinka plays that feel as though they were written today. Whether first performed in 1960 or focused on specific issues like war or military dictatorship, the plays on this list feel eerily relevant to our present time and circumstances. Read More...

August/September 2024 Read Something African Reading

A Poet’s Lament of a World on the Precipice

Eniolá Abdulroqeeb Arówólò·September 15, 2024

In her debut collection, Cadaver of Red Roses, Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi renders an evocative and poetic journey through past tragedies, protesting against war and poor leadership. Read More...

August/September 2024 Nigeria Reading

7 Books You Can Read in Less Than 24 Hours

Ìjàpá O·September 15, 2024

In our latest book recommendation, we have compiled a list of seven books you can read in less than 24 hours. From fiction and non-fiction to plays, the books on this list can be read in less than a day. Read More...

August/September 2024 Read Something African Reading

A Profound Search for the Sublime

Dennis Mugaa·September 8, 2024

In The Most Secret Memory of Men, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr takes us on a literary journey that questions what it means to be an African writer today. Read More...

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