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Children Who Experience Repeated Deaths and Rebirths | A Review of House of Shells By Efua Traore

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18
Jul

“Shells are houses, you know. They are abandoned homes.”“You cannot run from that which is part of you. You cannot run from yourself.” After a long reading slump (which has nothing to do with the book but my recent schedules). Ihave been able to finally finish The House of Shells by Efua Traore and I […]

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Optimism Is Unravelling | A Review Of We Need New Names By NoViolet Bulawayo

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18
Jul

We Need New Names, a presumably semi-autobiographical novel captures the world of childhood of Darling and her friend Bastard, Chipo, Godknows, Shbo and Stina growing up in the ironically named Paradise, a township in Zimbabwe. We enter into their games of playing Find Bin Laden, chanting Who Discovered the Way to India? Vasco da Gama […]

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An Ode To Femininity | A Review Of City Of Girls By Elizabeth Gilbert.

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13
Jul

I was promised that time would heal all wounds and genuine apologies or efforts to make amends could right wrongs but life is never, has never and will never be that simple and forgiving. I can’t remember exactly what made me decide that I just had to read City of Girls but I supposeit had […]

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My Heart and Other Black Holes- Jasmine Warga: A Review by Talitha Edim Etta 

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05
Jul

Jasmine Warga’s My Heart and Other Black Holes is a debut Young Adult novel first published in 2015 by HarperCollins. The novel revolves around the life of Aysel Seran, a sixteen-year-old Turkish-American girl living in Kentucky, United |States of America. Aysel (pronounced as Uh-zel) is forced to live the life of an outcast after her father is sent to prison for murdering her […]

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Interviews

Away In Bliss | Interview With Ifeoma Igwe

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27
Jun

This conversation occurred between Seun Olubameru and Ifeoma Igwe via text Ifeoma Igwe is a lover and supporter of African literature. Her play was a finalist in the fourth annual Beeta Arts Playwriting Competition and her essay was also shortlisted for the second annual Vogue Business Talent Competition. She enjoys writing contemporary fiction and her […]

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As a Black Reader, Homegoing Brings You Home | A Review of Homegoing

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20
Jun

“She’d discovered that only the white men talked of “black magic.” As though magic had acolour.”Of course, magic has a colour – it is the thought process of Yaa Gyasi in delivering thishistorical fiction novel, the intentionality in the title of the book, and the emancipation fromshackles to freedom. The Yorubas will say, “omi ni’eyan […]

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Call For Submissions| RovingHeights Blog

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14
Jun

We are excited to announce that we are currently accepting submissions for book reviews and author interviews. We’re looking for fun, creative, and analytical pieces that will engage our readers. Feel free to play around with your writing style and be as witty or as creative as you like. Please read the following guidelines carefully […]

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Who Is Championing Our Own Stories? | A Review of Don’t Answer When They Call Your Name

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05
Jun

In a world where we incessantly consume folktales from the Western world—tales of vampires, witches, werewolves, and shapeshifters—who is championing our own stories? Who is preserving the tales of the Orimili River, the Evil Forest, the Ani Nke Ozo, and the Ani Nchefu? I believe that “Don’t Answer When They Call Your Name” by Ukamaka […]

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Interviews

The Sweet Point Where A Calling Meets Craft -In Conversation With Eloghosa Osunde

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02
May

This interview took place between Nnaemeka Nnam and Eloghosa Osunde via email. Eloghosa Osunde is a Nigerian writer and multidisciplinary maker.  An alumna of the Lambda Literary Workshop (2019), New York Film Academy (2017) and the Caine Prize Workshop (2018), Eloghosa’s writing has appeared in multiple publications including Paris Review (where she writes a column), Granta, Gulf Coast, Georgia Review, Guernica, Lithub, Catapult, Berlin Quarterly and her visual art in Vogue, […]

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