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If You Keep Digging by Keletso Mopai
There are thirteen stories in this collection which focus on a wide array of topical themes. Mopai takes us into a South African experience
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


A Review of Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola
This is a collection of love tales from around the world retold in a creative and new way. The collection is made up of thirteen stories;
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read


Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
This book had me reflecting on what it means to be human, to be ‘different,’ and labeled. Written in a free flowing style ...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


‘Isn’t that why we are alive, to feel alive?’| A Review of Mohale Mashigo’s ‘Intruders’
‘Intruders’ is a short story anthology made up of twelve stories. The book is divided into three parts, The Good, The Bad and The Colourful.
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Turquoise Dreams:Anthology of short stories by Zimbabwean women edited by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure
Twenty nine diverse stories which usher the reader into the lives of Zimbabwean women in different circumstances.
Rutendo Chichaya
6 min read


The Perfect Nine: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Gĩkũyũ modern epic.
The Perfect Nine is an epic poem about Gĩkũyũ, Mũmbi, their daughters and the ninety nine suitors.
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


The Power of Blood and Bleach in Oyinkan Braithwaite’s ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer.’
At the centre of this novel are two sisters Korede and Ayoola who share a love which appears to be one sided.
Rutendo Chichaya
3 min read


A Review of Chigozie Obioma’s ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’
The book is divided into twenty five chapters in three parts. The story is set in Nigeria and Cyprus. Narrated by his chi ...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


‘Happiness’ by Aminatta Forna
This is a story about Attila and Jean whose lives cross at the Waterloo Bridge in London. Attila is a psychiatrist from Ghana and Jean is...
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Forging a path of vulnerability and courage in Brené Brown’s ‘Daring Greatly'
This book is divided into seven wholesome chapters. It gives an in-depth detail of what it means to dare greatly. It means that we see ...
Rutendo Chichaya
4 min read


The Life in Akwaeke Emezi’s ‘The Death of Vivek Oji.’
Akwaeke Emezi, takes us into the life of Vivek Oji in twenty four chapters. The life Vivek lives at home and the one that the inner circle..
Rutendo Chichaya
6 min read


Storytelling as an act of resistance in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s ‘The First Woman.’
This is a story about Kirabo who when the novel starts is a young girl living in Nattetta, Bugerere, Uganda.
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


‘When Rain Clouds Gather’ By Bessie Head
This is a gut wrenching tale of Makhaya, a displaced and troubled man looking for a place where he can feel that he is enough.
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read


Wagging Tongues and Deceit in Wole Soyinka’s ‘The Lion and The Jewel’
The story of Sidi, Lakunle, Baroka and Sadiku is set in the Nigerian village of Ilunjinle in the 1950s and written in the third person ...
Rutendo Chichaya
6 min read


Finding the strength to blaze one’s own path: Encouragement and reminders in Glennon Doyle’s Untamed
This is a free flowing, linguistically simple and emphatic memoir. Glennon writes about living freely and being unashamed of feeling it all.
Rutendo Chichaya
5 min read
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