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Contemporary Nigerian author, Elnathan John is billed to release his debut novel, ‘Born on a Tuesday’ on November 12, 2015, his publisher, Cassava Republic Press has announced in a statement. John is a satirist who has twice been shortlisted for the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing (2013 & 2015).…
Books are gradually moving away from the traditional print form to computers changing the lifestyle of modern day readers write FUNKE OSAE-BROWN and OBINNA EMELIKE Chiedu Uzor is an avid reader but he has a little challenge. The tight schedule of his new job does not give him time to…
Title: ‘Penumbra’ Author: Songeziwe Mahlangu Publisher: Kwela Books, Cape Town Pages: 212 Reviewer: Funke Osae-Brown Life in post-apartheid South Africa could be very tough. It is the toughness of trying to find a place in a society where discrimination was once and still rife is what Songeziwe Mahlangu seeks to…
Title: Happiness, Like Water Author: Chinelo Okparanta Publisher: Granta Publications, London; 2013 Pages: 196 Reviewer: Funke Osae-Brown Women have been portrayed in different ways in African novels. Male African novelists have portrayed women in different light. Rural, ravaged or urban whores are very common ways women have been depicted…
Title: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Publisher: Kachifo Limited; Lagos, Nigeria Pages: 477 Reviewer: Funke Osae-Brown Contemporary African literature has taken a new turn in this century with the kind of subject matter authors of this era are taking on. Recently, writers of contemporary Nigerian literature are very ambitious…
Title: Review of Sweet Taste of Shame Author: Elaigwu Ameh Pages: 73 Publisher: University Press Plc Reviewer: Francis Jakpor In a society that perceives childlessness as a stigma and constrains females to produce offspring by hook or crook, Elaigwu Ameh’s Sweet Taste of Shame is timely. Indeed, it is…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN AND IFEOMA OKEKE Today Sunday July 13, 2014 the ancient town of Abeokuta is alive to the rhythm of the birthday song for their illustrious son, Wole Soyinka. For Kongi, the entire Egbaland stood still for a week long birthday celebration which culminates into a month celebration taking…
BY IFEOMA OKEKE Anyone who had at one time or another spoken with or read the books of the great Icon and African writer, Wole Soyinka, will have a remarkable story to tell. To academics and literary scholars, he is a playwright, poet and novelist; to his family, a dedicated…
For some lovers of Kunle Afolayan’s work it did not come as a surprise that his popular film, ‘The Figurine (Araromire)’ has been subjected to intellectual interrogation. The award winning work is staging a comeback in a book form five years after winning five awards including the best film category…
Book Review Author: Antonia Meadows-Oyeneye Publisher: Verbatim Communications Limited, 2012 Pages: 197 Reviewer: Funke Osae-Brown In some parts of the world, a woman’s journey toward personal discovery is often enhanced through exercise and meditation, but Antonia Meadows-Oyeneye in her new book, ‘Inspiration for Sistahs’ gives a new perspective. These days,…
