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• Even More New Releases for 2016

  

  It's been over six months since my New Releases for 2016 post; and four months into the year there's already even more amazing books to be excited about. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu' by Joshua Hammer

  

  Here's another fascinating new release for 2016 - The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscript. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Even More New Releases for 2016

  

  It's been over six months since my New Releases for 2016 post; and four months into the year there's already even more amazing books to be excited about. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet: 'An Indigo Song for Paradise' by Efe Tokunbo Okogu

  

  Today brings the final part of this extra, extra special Meet series with the novella An Indigo Song for Paradise by Efe Tokunbo Okogu. Efe Tokunbo Okogu is a... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Last Leg of the of the Online Book Tour of 'The Domestication Of Munachi' by...

  

  This is a first for this blog, and I am really excited to announce that after a four day tour at eight other blogs - including openbooknigeria. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Excerpts of 'The Domestication of Munachi' by Ifesinachi Okoli-Okpagu

  

  Today I'm hosting Nigerian author, Nigerian author, Ifesinachi Okoli-Okpagu as part of a week-long online book tour for The Domestication of Munachi. Join the... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet: 'VIII' by Andrew Dakalira

  

  Up next in this extra, extra special Meet series is VIII by Andrew Dakalira - a story about alien invasion and humanity about to experience something epically... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet: 'The Flying Man of Stone' by Dilman Dila

  

  Day three of this extra, extra special Meet series, sees Dilman Dila talk about his novella The Flying Man of Stone and the characters such as Luanda Magere fro... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet: 'Hell Freezes Over' by Mame Bougouma Diene

  

  Image via StoryTime Up next in this extra, extra special Meet series is Hell Freezes Over by Mama Bougouma Diene. Set in a future Earth which has survived a... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet: 'The Last Pantheon' by Tade Thompson and Nick Wood

  

  This week I have an extra, extra special 'meet' series with the authors of the recently published anthology AfroSFv2. It's always great to find out more about... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Extra, Extra Special ‘Meet’ Series: AfroSF Volume 2

  

  I don’t do this as often as I would like, but once in a while I interview people that I would love to meet in person that are associated with African literature. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 'Butterfly Fish': A Stunning Debut from Irenosen Okojie

  

  I knew of Butterfly Fish, but my first real introduction to it was at Africa Writes last July, where Irenosen Okojie was on a panel on new Nigerian fiction alon... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Five Reasons Why I Loved 'African Monsters' Edited by Margrét Helgadóttir and...

  

  Where to begin with African Monsters - the edited collection of stories, illustrations and graphic novels by Margrét Helgadóttir and Jo Thomas? Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An (Almost) A to Z of African Children's Literature

  

  Deep down I'm just a big little kid, and I've been wanting to do this for a while now - I just wasn't sure the best way to do it. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Saying Thank You to Small Presses

  

  When I first started this blog, I did a series of posts around the State of African publishing to showcase some of the publishers that were doing their thing -... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• KARIBA: The Graphic Novel

  

  I had to share this kickstarter for this gorgeous fantasy-adventure graphic novel, KARIBA, which is inspired by the mythology and history surrounding the... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Belated Thoughts on Two Very Different (Im)migrant Stories: 'African Titanics'...

  

  This is my very belated thoughts on two books I read at some point towards the end of 2014 and the beginning 2015 (did I say it was very belated). Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #LoveinLiteraryAfrica: An African Valentine's Day Reading List

  

  'There ain't no #LoveinLiteraryAfrica apparently ... ' is the tweet from Grace A. Musila - Senior Lecturer at Stellenbosch University - that started it all. Tha... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: AfroSF Volume 2 Edited by Ivor Hartmann

  

  Following his critically acclaimed 2012 anthology, AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers, Ivor Hartmann came back with Volume 2 last December. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Joanne MacGregor's 'Scarred'

  

  Back in March of 2014, I delved into the world of a crazed gynaecologist and a psychologist trying to bring him down. The novel was Dark Whispers, a... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE