Book Review: In Dependence –A Story of Love So Close yet So Far Apart
In Dependence (Fiction) By Sarah Ladipo Manyika 162 pages. Cassava Republic It is 1963 and Nigeria is reveling in her newly gained independence. In the wake of the last days of colonization, there are sociopolitical revolutions, not just in Nigeria but across the continent and in Europe. This is where Sarah Ladipo Manyika begins her […]
Review of “The Slave Girl” by Buchi Emecheta
Title: The Slave Girl Author: Buchi Emecheta Place: England Publisher: African Writers Series,Heinemann Publishers. Pages:184 pages ISBN: 978 0 435 90997 0 “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean Jacques Rousseau states in The Social Contract. This popped up in my head while re-reading The Slave Girl by Buchi Emecheta. Freedom […]
Review of Chinedium Akiti-Diego’s ‘Raising Daughters in a Changing World’
While reading the book, I carefully avoided examining the author’s bio. The reason was that I did not want to be influenced by her accolades in imbibing the message the title had assured me. Raising Daughters in a Changing World: A 31-day Father/Daughter Devotional by Chinedium Akiti-Diego is mainly dedicated to all fathers who wish to understand their daughters’ language and […]
The Character I did not like in Adichie’s Americanah
Obinze’s wife, Kosi in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah was one character I did not like. She was a people pleaser. She strived so hard to be perfect. At home, she tried to create the ideal family life. At social events, her constant effort to please everyone was sickening. She was a good wife to Obinze […]
The African Widow
Author: Lucy Lola Lawoyin Publisher: ATR Bookworks ISBN: 978 978 906 6285 The tears of the widow are, at the onset, over the loss of her husband, torn from her arms by the unfeeling marauder called death. Her wails and sobs express sorrow that words cannot describe, that no mortal can really begin to […]
Book Review: Corporate Misfit
Author: Segun Akiode Publisher: Bookvine, 2015 ISBN:978-978-946-058-8 Corporate Misfit is a book that deals with the problem of graduate unemployability- or how to solve it. But as it is addressed to the individual, it doesn’t proffer the usual sort of ‘solutions’ that we have become used to- government “doing something” to improve the state of […]
Book Review: Bank of Deposits
By Okwukwe Chukwuka House of Specuit, 2016 ISBN: 978-978-951-687-2 Every human being can be likened to a bank with a deposit of talents. Thus, the success or failure of each human bank is determined by how the resources are put to use. Okwukwe describes from personal and practical experiences in witty writings, the journey of […]
Book Review: The Greatest Salesman in the World
By Og Mandino Bantam Books, 1974 ISBN 0-553-27757-X The Greatest Salesman in the World is a must-read for everyone who desires success in the world of business, and indeed in life — and it is not the kind of book you read only once. This loaded little book tells the story of a young […]
Children’s Book Review: Zahrah the Windseeker
Title: Zahrah the Windseeker Author: Nnedi Okoroafor-Mbachu Publisher: Farafina Books/ HMH Books for Young Readers Number of pages: 320/308 Type of Book: Fantasy, Fiction; African Age: 10+ Available here and here. Price: N500; $7.51 MY SUMMARY Zahrah is a 13-year-old girl born with dadalocks in a kingdom where people with dadalocks are looked upon as strange. She is quiet, shy, constantly […]
Children’s Book Review: The Time Machine
Title: The Time Machine Author: H. G. Wells Publisher: Bendon Classics Number of Pages: 178 Type of Book: Science Fiction; Classic Age: 8+ Available here: The Hub, The Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki, Lagos Price: N880 MY SUMMARY The time traveller’s theory: “If our minds can move back and forth in time, we can too. All we need is the […]
Book Review: The Code by Nehi Igbinijesu
According to 2015 research statistics, there are approximately 40 million prostitutes worldwide. This extremely alarming figure calls for the cultivation of our young girls into women who can boldly stand against life’s pressures of immorality, no matter how trying they may be. Nehi Igbinijesu’s debut book, The Code is a fictional prose which cleverly explores the […]
Children’s Book Review: Amazing Adventures of Izi and Larry The Dinosaur
Title: Amazing Adventures of Izi and Larry The Dinosaur Author: Olusegun Akande Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Number of pages: 88 Type of Book: Fiction; Christian Age: 8+ Available here or contact the author: [email protected] Price: $15.00 MY SUMMARY Saturday is zoo day for 8-year-old Izi. She loves going to the zoo to visit the animals. One very ordinary […]
Children’s Book Review: Moby Dick
Title: Moby Dick Author: Herman Melville Publisher: Bendon Number of Pages: 181 Type of Book: Fiction, Classic Age: 8+ Available here and here. Price: N580 MY SUMMARY Described by the author as the “greatest sea yarn since Jonah,” it’s a tale about a young man, Ishmael who decided to join a whaling ship on a three-year expedition that became […]
Children’s Book Review: Matilda
Title: Matilda Author: Roald Dahl Publisher: Puffin books Number of Pages: 240 Type of Book: Fiction Age: 8-12 Available here or Plot 12, Johnson Street, off Bode Thomas road, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. Price: N1,580 MY SUMMARY (without the ending): This book is about a 5-year-old but do not be deceived, your 8-year-old may not […]
Children’s Book Review: Jelly Baby
Title: Jelly Baby Author: Phillip Begho Publisher: Monarch Books Number of pages: 112 Type of Book: Fiction Age: 9-12 Available here. It is also available for borrowing at the ZODML library, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Price: N200 MY SUMMARY Jelly Baby is about a group of […]
Children’s Book Review: The Missing Clock
Title: The Missing Clock Author: Mai Nasara Publisher: Visa Books Number of pages: 96 Type of Book: Fiction Age: 9-12 Available here or contact the author on Twitter Price: $9.99 MY SUMMARY Banji Tobe learns that planting […]