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Dear Nigerian, Now that you live abroad I hope you know that you are better than those back home Each time you talk about that country...

Maybe my dislike of social media is linked to my dislike of zoos where poor animals who should be free in the wild are instead locked in...

The first time I laughed from my stomach after Matilde’s death, it felt like a betrayal. We were at my cousin Tomi’s birthday dinner....

I think it is my neighbor and I open the door in my nightgown – sans brassier – and hairnet in tow and, low and behold, it is Nicholas...

My mother was the epitome of FAFO before FAFO was a thing. She raised my brother and I with an iron fist that nearly crushed us. I...

“...and it is an irony that we need to continually point out that the things that offer freedom actually enslave us.” Alistair Begg Some...

With Canada's impending introduction of Digital ID and the mandatory vaccine mandates Canadians endured as a result of COVID19, one is...

Maybe let's stop making it easy for people to stalk us?* Hello, Google Google does monitor your digital footprint and almost always knows...

2012 to 2015 saw a wave of IJGBs (I Just Got Backs) returning to Nigeria from the four corners of the earth; from the concrete jungles of...

Akpan creates a masterpiece out of this book, which is a compilation of five short stories that span the breadth of Africa; set in Kenya,...

In his debut novel, John slays. A tragic and beautiful novel, Born on a Tuesday narrates, in first person, the story of Dantala, an...

In Swallow, Sefi Atta tells the tale of Tolani Alao, a young woman who resides in Lagos in the 80s, grudgingly partaking in the hustle...

In News from Home, Atta showcases what, to me, is her finest work. In the collection of ten short stories, we meet funny, engaging, some...

Atta's third novel (after Everything Good Will Come and Swallow) tells the tale of Deola Bello, an unmarried Nigerian woman dangerously...

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was actually quite lengthy because Señor Díaz decided to, not only tell us about the overweight...

This book is hilarious and entertaining, depicting the life of a young teacher, Odili, who falls into romantic and political mishap when...

The Sun Is Also A Star tells the tragic (yes, tragic, because though it is the quintessential hopeless romantic’s novel, Yoon takes her...

The more I read Harris' work, the more I realise that he just might be (and I stand corrected) the father of psychological thriller. Have...

The first book I’ve read by the legendary Thomas Harris and I could not put it down. Our protagonist is Will Graham, a once-retired FBI...

The Woman Next Door is brilliant and drenched in macabre. Two old women, one black and recently widowed, the other white and ignorantly...