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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meet the bookstagrammer is a bi-weekly feature on the RH blog where we speak with book lovers and bookstagrammers and have them share insights on their reading culture to motivate and encourage book lovers all over the world. But not book lovers alone, this feature also encourages non-book lovers to develop a healthy reading culture. […]
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, […]
Meet our bookstagrammer is a bi-weekly feature on the RH blog where we speak with booklovers and bookstagrammers and have them share insights on their reading culture to motivate and encourage booklovers all over the world. But not book lovers alone, this feature also encourages non-book lovers to develop a healthy reading culture. For our […]