Reviews
In the second episode of Reading With R, Ruqayyah Nabage takes us to the world of Ayobami Adebayo’s Stay With Me. Check out her review of this tale that is set in the 1980s and focuses on everyday life. Powered by RedCircle
In the very first episode of Reading with R, Ruqayyah Nabage reviews the novel by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Season of Crimson Blossoms. Discover what she thinks of the award-winning book. Powered by RedCircle
Introducing Reading with R, a podcast by Ruqayyah Nabage. Reading with R discusses book reviews with her listeners and invites them to share their opinions with her. Ruqayyah Nabage is an editor at Jaruma Magazine. She also volunteers as a counsellor with Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI). Her hobbies include appreciating literature and art. In …
Title:When I’m Eighteen. Author: David Ishaya Osu “Love is when you drink a sour orange and still call it orange.” When I’m Eighteen is a collection of free consciousness, unrestricted movements and unpatented craft; a crossroads of meanings wearing shades of abstractions (and dreams). We are offered a world of gold embroidered with recurring enjambments. …
This collection is a tapestry of beautiful works of fiction. They satisfy even the pickiest of readers… Dominion is a beautiful rendition of the world through the eyes of 12 authors spread across continents. It celebrates a rich roll of imaginations, definitions about home and culture. The subject matter is diverse yet held together by …
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora Read More »
The poet, Logan February identifies as non-binary. All pronouns referring to the poet as he should please be read as they. Blue is for BodiesWe are onions. Logan is a layer of bodies; blue, brown, salty, queer, and broken; a collection of misplaced people drowning him into his own skin, into a language, dead and …
A Review of Painted Blue with Saltwater by Victor Ugwu Read More »
Inside the flower room is a journey into Saddiq Dzukogi’s soul. Like a tree, it has different branches in the way it encompasses his family life, grief, and parental challenges. In beautiful ways, Saddiq evokes the death of his grandmother, who he writes about as an angelic presence in his life, and the birth of …
“Measuring time is a tale that can be read through the ages, subtle, and slow paced, it takes a bit of patience to go through until the end, but will always be a worthwhile endeavour.” How do you measure time when it flies so fast that a decade feels like an hour? It is the …
Fire on the tip of Ice is a collection of stories about everyday life, rendered simply yet engaging. Fire on the tip of Ice is a collection of 9 stories. It is evident from the start that these stories are written by someone with an understanding of humanity. Irora is a story of heartache and …
