Quest for the Rare Leaf by Olabode Ogunlana Published by Books of Africa 2013Very much like one of the characters in one of his stories, OgunlanaPublished is one of those rare leaves, having achieved much in the world of business he now sets out to share the Yoruba folklore handed down to him from an…
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi s Wives by Lola Shonyin Published by Serpent s Tale, 2011 PB:256pp To the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore a great prize, but even…
This Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Published by: Fourth Estate, 2017 PB: 300pp From the Orange Prize-winning author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. In A Private Experience…
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card Published by: Simon and Schuster, 2021 PB: 304pp A “rich, ambitious debut novel” (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. *An Entertainment Weekly, Millions, and LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2020…
White Teeth by Zadie Smith Published by Penguin, 2017 PB:560pp One of the most talked about debut novels of all time, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing – among many other things – with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown…
Yoruba Love Stories by Olabode Ogunlana Published by Books of Africa 2014 Olabode Ogunlana, having achieved much in the world of business, has set out on a new challenge – to write a series of love stories set in the tradition of the Yoruba folklore handed down to him through many generations. Some of these…