Reviews
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 …
Honestly, Yshwa, I just want to rest. Let me find a place where even if I’m alone, I can sit on my veranda and look at a mango tree and we can just talk. You will be the words in my mouth and the ones that fall from my fingers; you will be the one …
The Whispering Trees is a collection of stories, each with a unique outlook. There is no single theme that the stories follow, but all have a certain flair for dramatics; a sort of entertaining characterization that brings the stories alive, there is passion and magic, places and people we can relate to. Twilight and Mist …
“Hajiya Binta Zubairu was finally born at fifty-two when a dark-lipped rogue with short, spiky hair, like a field of miniscule anthills, scaled her fence and landed, boots and all, in the puddle that was her heart.” Season of Crimson Blossoms.
“The careful mixing of history and fiction is intriguing and not something many are able to pull off without bias, but Richard Ali does a moderately good job of it.” In Richard Ali’s debut novel, City of Memories, love is given a prominent place as the cause of almost all the events that occur throughout …
There is beauty in the way Azizah portrays her characters with a sense of realness and humour in the face of pain and despair. Written as a sort of memoir, A Sackful of Wishes is a tragic telling of a life through the eyes of young Hadiza Musa. It takes us through her turbulent married …