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Tag: african

Book review: In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut

In a Strange Room was originally published as three travel memoirs in the Paris Review but was published as a … More

african, biographical novel, damon galgut, man booker, memoir, south african, travel writing

Book review: The Promise by Damon Galgut

The Swarts are a family of white South African farmers. The Promise tells their story from the 1980s onwards through … More

african, damon galgut, family saga, man booker, south african

Audiobook review: In the Field by Jesse Loncraine, narrated by Adjoa Andoh

Sometimes you happen across a book that you feel should have had a lot of attention but somehow didn’t. In … More

african, journalist

Book review: The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut

Frank Eloff is a world-weary doctor in a remote South African hospital. His world is upturned when an idealistic young … More

african, damon galgut, man booker, novels about doctors, political, south african

Book review: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer features two archetypal sisters – the pretty one and the sensible one. Korede, a conscientious … More

african, glass bell award, literary thriller, women's prize

Book review: Rosewater by Tade Thompson

I don’t read a massive amount of science fiction but Rosewater had an interesting premise. It’s set in a near-future … More

african, dystopian, nigerian, post-apocalyptic, private investigator, spy thriller

Book review: Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

Yetide and her husband Akin are a middle-class couple living in Nigeria in the 1980s. He works in a bank, … More

african, nigerian

Book review: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Jende brings his wife Neni and their son to the US from Cameroon. They have high hopes for a better … More

african, immigrant experience

Book review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin

Baba Segi is worried. His first three wives have had seven children between them but his fourth wife has yet … More

african, nigerian

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