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The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe part I
The African Trilogy of Chinua Achebe is composed of: Things Fall Apart written in 1958 , this is the best known of the three novels. No Longer at Ease written [...]
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The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe part II
This is the third book of the trilogy. It is similar to the first one -Things Fall Apart – in the sense that this story happened in the same area Eastern [...]
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Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan-The story of Jazz and Black People in Germany
I read this book in late 2012. Even today, I can’t find a word strong enough to describe how I felt afterward . When I picked it up at Chapter’s Indigo on Saint [...]
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Mighty be our Powers By Leymah Gbowee – The Woman who influenced a nation at war
This is the most inspiring story that I have read so far in my life, forget about Nelson Mandela or anyone else for that matter. I am kidding, but the story of Leymah was [...]
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Infidel By Ayaan Hirsi Ali – The Somali woman who became atheist
Ms Ali is definitely one of the most controversial author I have ever encountered in my adult life. I did not read her first book The Caged Virgin, but I did [...]
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The Death Row By Saer cisse – The plight of students in African universities
I happened to personally know this author. We met through an acquaintance here in Montreal. Saer is from Senegal and this is his first novel. This novel is a fiction [...]
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Zeyna By Aissatou Cisse – The struggle of modern women
I am not really sure how I end up owning this book. All I know is that I had it when I moved to Canada in 2004. So maybe it [...]
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Half of a Yellow Sun: The struggle of Secession of the Biafran Republic
I heard a lot of great things about this book. And after all, it won the “orange broadband prize”. I did not know much about the Biafran war; so reading [...]
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Unbowed By Wangari Maathai
I heard about this incredible lady the day she died in 2011. I think I was leaving under the rock these past years. Anyway, having read all the wonderful obituary [...]
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La main d’Iman By Ryad Assani-Razaki
I discovered this book when I was visiting for the billionth times one of our local bookstore here in Canada. As the title suggested, this is the story of Iman, [...]
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Nomad By Ayaan Hirsi Ali
This book is the sequel of Infidel, the author’s memoir. I reviewed it here. What I failed to discuss in my Infidel’s review was Ms Hirsi Ali’s families – Her [...]
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Daughters who walk the path by Yejide Kilanko
I stumbled upon this book unexpectedly. If you have been reading this blog, then you know that I visit my local bookstore, Chapters indigo, quite often. I discovered this book, [...]
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At the heart of me by Paul Sika
I am not a big buyer of Art books. But when I saw this one, I just had to get it. The story of how I discover this book is [...]
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3 Young Afro-Canadians writers you should know in 2013
THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON AFROKANLIFE.COM Black people, in General, have been in Canada for over four centuries. Although they have been contributing greatly to Canadian cultural, social...
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‘Ghana must go’ and ‘Americanah’ : The Afropolitans Books Everyone is Talking...
THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN AFROKANLIFE.COM In the literary word, two young African writers are creating a lot of buzz this spring. Indeed, two new books are being released [...]
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Nothing comes close: a love story with an african twist by Tolulope Popoola
Now, I have to review this book…what review? I love everything about this novel. I don’t care what they say. Seriously, I will have to hunt down for any prior [...]
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The Book of Negroes By Lawrence Hill
First of all, I have to say that this book just blow my mind. I haven’t read a lot of slavery inspired novel in my life but this one will [...]
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Makeba: My Story by Myriam Makeba
I got interested in this book after watching a documentary called MAMA AFRICA at the Montreal Black Film Festival. I was so stunned by the depth of my lack of [...]
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The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe part I
The African Trilogy of Chinua Achebe is composed of: Things Fall Apart written in 1958 , this is the best known of the three novels. No Longer at Ease written [...]
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The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe part II
This is the third book of the trilogy. It is similar to the first one -Things Fall Apart – in the sense that this story happened in the same area Eastern [...]
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