Home Going – Yaa Gyasi
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 […]
Recollections About Race; Getting to the roots and healing – Janis Leslie Evans
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 […]
A Fire Like You – Upile Chisala
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.~ […]
Atomic Habits, An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones – James Clear
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, […]
In Every Mirror She’s Black – Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
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 […]
Lyrics Alley – Leila Aboulela
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 […]
Peace is a Practice, An invitation to Breathe deep and find a new rhythm for Life – Morgan Harper Nichols
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 […]
When We Were Birds – Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
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 […]
The Self and Meditation -Omuteizi Kwasi
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 […]
Professional Troublemaker, The Fear Fighter Manual – Luvvie Ajayi Jones
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 […]
Love in Color – Bolu Babalola
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 […]
A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
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 […]
Out Of Sight – Lindzy Byamugisha
‘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 […]
The Death Of Vivek Oji – Akwaeke Emezi
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 […]
Depression and Anxiety: 4/4 Parting words from Ancillar
Hello there! Happy new month and thank you for passing by. This is the last post for our series and we will be hosting Ancillar who blogs at this site […]
I’m Telling The Truth But I’m Lying, Essays – Bassey Ikpi
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 […]
Depression and Anxiety: 2/4
Anxiety is it’s own creature. Anxiety asks me to focus on the terrible things I’ve done. The people I’ve hurt. The promises I’ve broken. Anxiety tells me to make a […]
Depression and Anxiety: 1/4
Hi there. Happy new week and thank you for taking the time to pass by and read some of my scribbles. I truly appreciate you. I’ve been meaning to do […]
Of being comfortable in your skin: Guest Post by Agasha Denise
Hiya! I hope the second half of the year is faring well for you. Super-duper hopeful to see what 2021 still has in store for us as the remaining months […]
How to Wake a Butterfly, Loic Ekinga: Poetry Review
“You’re a deeply sensitive man” I took those words and crushed them Inside my palm until they turned Red like wine, I don’t want to cry. She looked at me […]
Notes on Grief – Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief […]
Artificial Intelligence – The Minimalist edition
Hiya! Gosh seems like decades since a scribbled a few things on here. Glad to be back. I was extra sad when Winter ABC had to happen in the […]
A Tale of four books by female authors
Hiya! This is the last Wednesday of the Women’s month and I decided to host the ever beautiful and Phenomenal Racheal Kizza who is the Project Coordinator at African Writer’s […]
No speaking Vernacular – Kagayi Ngobi; Don’t love me in English – Bridget Ankunda
Hiya! Wasn’t sure whether to title this book review or poetry review but its all semantics. *smiles* I’m super dupa excited that we were able to host a total of […]
Jesse’s Jewel – Nick Twinamatsiko
Hiya! The third guest on the blog reviewing her fave Afrolit book is the ever sweet and satirical, Mable Amuron. She is an amazing book reviewer as well and you […]
These Bones Will Rise Again – Panashe Chigumadzi; Manchester Happened – Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
Hiya! Super excited to host this series of amazeballs Afrolit books that you can’t miss indulging in lieu of Black History month. Today’s guest is an amazing book reviewer that […]
Fiction History and African Literature
Hi there! Good to have you back for another read on here. So, I’ve always wanted to do something like this on my blog when I started Reviewing various books […]
At What Age Does My Body Belong To Me? -Amanda Tayte-Tait.
Hiya! Always a pleasure having you on here to read a few of my random thoughts and book recommendations to you. This review has been a long time coming because […]
Be (Com) ing Nigerian A Guide – Elnathan John.
‘In the beginning, the British created the Northern and Southern protectorates. Now, the Nation was formless and empty, and darkness covered our collective identity. The British said “Let there be […]
Idealism Versus Realism amidst changing expectations: An end to 2020!
“Expectations are like fine pottery. The harder you hold them, the more likely they are to crack”.Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings. Hiya! Always thrilling to share a few of my […]