Book Review: Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama by Alexis Okeowo
Okoewo writes about her home state with great care and nostalgia, but resists any impulse toward romanticisation.
- Kupakwashe Mabulala
Book Review: The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson
Told through a child protagonist’s evolving perspective, ‘The Mercy Step‘ offers a vivid exploration of identity, family and belonging in postwar England.
-Nyasha Nyahunzi
Book Review: Dark Laboratory by Tao Leigh Goffe
Goffe unravels a sweeping and complex history that outlines the intersection between capitalism, colonialism, and the climate crisis.
-Kupakwashe Mabulala
The Frizz In My Hair, by Mavis Stewart
An intimate look at a Coloured family attempting to carve a space out for itself in spite of the wider forces in a prejudicial society pulling it apart.
The Road To The Country by Chigozie Obioma
There is a visceral, almost voyeuristic depiction of the vagaries of war that Obioma forces the reader to partake in.
Allow Me To Introduce Myself by Onyi Nwabineli
Onyi Nwabineli takes an introspective look at the effects of child social media stardom with compassion.