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Autistic: Leaping Over Walls While Living with Autism: book review

  • 14th October 2023
  • by teammelanmag
Elsie Rogers’ book, Autistic Leaping over Walls While Living with Autism, tells her journey of raising her autistic…
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Sankofa book review: A 40+ heroine, an African dictator & self-discovery?

  • 23rd August 2021
  • by Joy Joses
Sankofa is the gripping novel from award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo of a middle-aged, mixed race British woman who…
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Seven Days in June – book review: “A smart, sexy testament to Black joy”

  • 13th June 2021
  • by Joy Joses
The latest novel from Tia Williams is a captivating love story that will have you falling in love…
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Celebrating the life and works of James Baldwin: Living in Fire book review

  • 2nd August 2019
  • by Joy Joses
Celebrated author, political activist and icon of the current Black Lives Matter movement, James Baldwin is an enigma.…
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What we loved about Wayétu Moore’s She Would Be King: Book review

  • 12th July 2019
  • by Joy Joses
She Would Be king is the sensational debut novel from Wayétu Moore, her depiction of a fictional supernatural retelling…
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Book Review: All the things we loved about Ola Awonubi’s Naija Love Stories

  • 1st December 2018
  • by Joy Joses
One writer’s unfulfilled yearning for a reading experience that highlighted tales of the rich and vibrant complexities of…
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Book review: The Same Earth by Kei Miller
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Book review: The Same Earth by Kei Miller

  • 26th January 2018
  • by Vanessa Thomas
Kei Miller is an author I discovered relatively recently, (see our review of Augustown), and I loved his…
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Book review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin
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Book review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin

  • 12th January 2018
  • by Vanessa Thomas
Nigerian poet, Lola Shoneyin, made her fictional novel debut with the release of The Secret Lives of Baba…
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Book review: The Sellout by Paul Beatty Credit Alex Welsh for The New York Times
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Book review: The Sellout by Paul Beatty

  • 22nd December 2017
  • by Vanessa Thomas
The Sellout is a 2015 satirical novel by author Paul Beatty. It won the 2016 Man Booker Prize,…
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Book Review: Augustown by Kei Miller
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Book Review: Augustown by Kei Miller

  • 1st December 2017
  • by Vanessa Thomas
Already on our list of 10 books you should have read in 2016, Augustown, is the phenomenal fiction…
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Book review: Orphan Sisters by Lola Jaye
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Book review: Orphan Sisters by Lola Jaye

  • 17th November 2017
  • by Vanessa Thomas
Orphan Sisters is the fifth novel by author Lola Jaye. It came out this summer and tells the…
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Book review: Of Murder, Muses and Me by Claudia Chibici Revneanu
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Book review: Of Murder, Muses and Me by Claudia Chibici Revneanu

  • 29th September 2017
  • by Vanessa Thomas
Of Murder, Muses and Me is a debut book from Austrian writer Claudia Chibici Revneanu that came out…
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Book review: Fiston Mwanza Mujila's Tram 83
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Book review: Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s Tram 83

  • 15th September 2017
  • by Vanessa Thomas
Winning the English Pen Award and having your debut novel longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 is…
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Book review: White Tears by Hari Kunzru

  • 1st September 2017
  • by Vanessa Thomas
Described by The Guardian as a “satire of cultural appropriation”, White Tears is the 5th novel by writer…
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Ayobami Adebayo Book Review: Stay With Me
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Book Review: Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

  • 4th August 2017
  • by Vanessa Thomas
What happens when a woman is so desperate to get pregnant that she breastfeeds a goat? Described as…
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