The Bibliophiles' Emissary

Author : A. Igoni Barrett Genre : Fiction | Satire My Rating : 4.5 Stars Year of Publication : 2015 Number of Pages : 302 SUMMARY Furo Wariboko- born and bred in Lagos - wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo is amazed to find the dead ends of his life wondrously open out before him. As a white man in Nigeria, the world is seemingly his oyster - except for one thing: despite his radical transformation, his ass remains robustly black... Funny, fierce, inventive and daringly provocative - this is a very modern satire, with a sting in the tail. MY VERDICT I initially came across this book late last year and the title caught my eye immediately . I in cl ud ed it in the first ever Wishlist on the blog here  . So when i was gifted this book by my friend back in July,  I was super eager to read it . Now for my review ; T

Author : Chinelo Okparanta Genre : Short Story/Anthology My Rating : 4.5 Stars Year of Publication : 2013 Number of Pages : 196 SUMMARY In these exquisite stories, Chinelo Okparanta introduces us to families burdened equally by the past and the future. Here, we meet a childless couple with very different desires, a college professor comforting a troubled student, a mother seeking refuge from an abusive husband, and a young woman waiting to join her lover abroad. High expectations consume them. Nigeria defines them. ' Her clear, elegant use of language and exploration of family life, migration and love are refreshing and distinctive. '- Diva ' Happiness is like water,' she says.'We're always trying to grab onto it, but it's always slipping between our fingers. ' page 144 MY VERDICT I'm obsessed with short stories now, even though they leave me aching for more. I love how they prompt me to conjour up crazy conclusions about what bec

Author : NoViolet Bulawayo Genre : African Literature/Fiction My Rating : 4 Stars Year of Publication : 2013 Number of Pages : 304 SUMMARY Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise- which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges- for her and also for those she's left behind. MY VERDICT I came across the first chapter of this book, which is titled 'Hitting Budapest', whilst reading the Caine African Prize for Writing 2011. Check out my review of that here . Initially I thought the story odd, because I

  So it's that time of the month again and I'm back with a new edition of Wishlist Wednesday. If you haven't seen my previous one, you can check it out  here . So this month's edition is the AWS edition. AWS basically means African Writers Series, which is a series of books by African writers that has been published by  Heinemann  since 1962. There are about 200+ books in this series that I know of. The first book in the series I read was The Concubine by Elechi Amadi, about two years ago and I loved every bit of it. I immediately began searching for other AWS books and my search is still ongoing because it's quite a bulky series. I currently own five books out of the lot and one of my major goals is to own or at least read all the books- crazy right? Lol I know. So below are a few of the books I want from the series (obviously I want all, but I've gotta break the list down)                                                                                 

Author : Chika Unigwe My Rating : 5 Stars Genre: Adult Fiction/ African Literature Year of Publication : 2009 Number of Pages : 296 SUMMARY Four very different women have made their way from Africa to the red light district of Brussels. They have come to claim for themselves the riches they believe Europe promises but when Sisi, the most enigmatic of the women, is murdered, their already fragile world is shattered. Drawn together by the tragedy, the remaining three women - Joyce, a great beauty whose life has been devastated by war; Ama, whose dark moods hide a past injustice; and Efe, whose determination to earn her keep is motivated by a particular zeal - slowly begin to share their stories. They are stories of fear, displacement, love and of all, they are stories of a sinister man called Dele. MY VERDICT Let me just start by saying that I knew I'd love this book from the moment I read the synopsis. That's why I'm not doubting the 5 stars I awarded this

The Caine Prize for African Wrinting 2011 My Rating : 4 Stars Genre: Short Story/Fiction Year Of Publication : 2011 Number of pages:  224 SUMMARY A gang of young children from a camp pay a marauding visit to a rich neighbourhood... Will the murder of her daughter shake the foundations of Molly's world?... The death of the village Lothario causes a sexual revolution as husbands try to figure out what he had been giving their wives... A girl abducted by a rebel group years before comes home to pick up the threads of her life... A woman looks back over her long life and wonders how she ended up with her husband's mistress's dog... MY VERDICT This is the first Caine Prize book I've read, so It's safe to say I was impressed with what I read. This book contained a collection of 17 short stories by different authors from various parts of Africa. I love reading stories by other African Authors, mainly because of the knowledge and edge it adds to my mind. 

As per usual, my wishlist has quadrupled in size and I still don't have the funds to purchase all the books on it #brokegirllifestyle So Wishlist Wednesday- from the name- is basically a monthly post on any random Wednesday of my choice where I'd list out books I've been lusting after. Each edition of Wishlist Wednesday will hold a different theme e.g Feminist edition, Female Authors edition (as stated in the post title) , Slavery edition, Foreign edition and so on. I really look forward to sharing the books I have discovered and those that are waiting to be discovered xx