This book is for brilliant women like you. I wrote it so that you can move forward in pursuing whatever calls to you, so that your greater gifts find expression. […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 289 Author: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe Setting: Colonial Rhodesia 1960’s Themes: Colonialism, African Tradition; Religion ‘As if there’s everything to learn and I’ll never know it all. So, […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 402 Author: Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-American Setting: Kabul, Afghanistan, Paris, America Themes: Family, love, loss ‘If culture was a house, then language was the key to the front […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 208 pages Author: Sulaiman Addonai, Eritrean Setting: Sudan Themes: Refugee camp; Cross cultural marriage; Family; Love ‘If silence was a language, she would not have forced herself […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 271 Author: Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Mombasa Setting: Mombasa coast Themes: Family, Adventure, Fantasy ‘Mombasa, will you forgive me my trespasses? So many try to escape you. If […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 352 pages Author: Bisi Ajapon, Nigerian Setting: Ghana, Nigeria Themes: Adolescence, Family, Love, Pre and Post colonialism Oh my! The first book that made me laugh as […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 188 Author: Rudo D M Manyere, Zimbawean Setting: Zimbabwe, United Kingdom Themes: Loss, Love, Colonialism ‘For you dear reader, I hope this gives you the courage to […]

Genre: Fiction/ Fantasy Pages: 358 Author: Okwiri Oduor, Kenyan Setting: Mapeli Town, Kenya (Fictional town) Themes: Death, Family, Love She wondered why the Jinamizi never brought her happy memories. Was […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 296 Author: Francesca Ekwuyasi Setting: Lagos, Canada, London Themes: Loss, Death, Queer romance          Francesca delves into the lives of estranged identical twins, born in London and […]

Genre: Fiction Pages: 121 Setting: Buganda, Uganda. Themes: Religion, Death, African Traditional Practices Dreams from the soul is a captivating tale about the great ends to which Martha, the protagonist […]

Genre: Non-Fiction, Personal Growth Pages: 92 Author: Don Miguel Ruiz – Mexican ‘Language is the code for understanding and communication between humans. Every letter, every word in each language is […]

Genre: Fiction Setting: Ghana, United Kingdom Pages: 320 pages Author: Yaa Gyasi Triggers: Death, slavery, brutality ‘…This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not […]

Genre: Non- fiction/ Autobiography Rating: 3.5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐ Pages: 151 Author: Janis Leslie Evans ‘It’s a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at oneself through the […]

You were taught to work miracles for everyone but yourself.A messiah to others but barely a friend of your own.These, darling, are things you must undo before you become undone.~ […]

Pages: 285Rating: 5 starsTheme: Personal Growth ‘Being specific about what you want and how you will achieve it helps you say no to things that derail progress, distract your attention, […]

Pages: 363 Rating: 4 stars Themes: Love, loss, grief, race, death Setting: Sweden, United States, Nigeria, Somalia. Lola Akinmade Akerstrom is a Nigerian – American based in Sweden and is […]

Pages: 308Rating: 4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐Themes: Faith, Love, Loss, PerseveranceSetting: Sudan, Cairo, London Leila Aboulela, the author of this book is a fiction writer of Sudanese origin who currently lives in Great […]

Genre: Self awareness and mindfulness Pages: 170 pages Rating: 5 stars I purposed to read more mindful books and I’m so glad Morgan released her book at this time of […]

Genre: Fiction with bits of fantasyPages: 277Themes: Love, Death, Interlink between the dead and the livingRating: ⭐ ⭐⭐ This was my first author read from the Caribbean and it was […]

I just must say that never have I read a book on ancient truth and wisdom, except Paulo Coelho’s hinting in most of his books. I’m a recovering fiction addict […]

Heyoo! I hope your year is going well so far. Glad to be here with another review. This year I challenged myself to read more non-fiction books and it’s been […]

Genre: Afrolit romanceReading time: 1 dayPages: 290Theme: LoveRating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Time was constructed with love in mind. It is why a day with your loved one can feel like […]

Khaled’s prose will definitely have you reading his 500 and more paged books in less than a day. The captivating suspense as each page turns, draws you deeper and deeper […]

‘Stories are powerful because they cross the boundaries of time, past, present and future. They live with us in our hearts for one reason or another. They allow us to […]

Happy new year friends, that’s if the greeting still applies almost halfway into the month. It’s been a helluva past few months but super grateful to have began the year […]

DEPRESISON AND ANXIETY 3/4 ‘It’s not always a storm. Sometimes it is a mist that descends from the sky, coating my body with faint wisps of despair. Or its like […]