BN Book Review: Onaedo – The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Ngozi Achebe
We’ve heard your feedback and we are spinning things into action. You will be seeing new and revived features on BellaNaija.com covering a wider spectrum of content. One of those is our book reviews....
View ArticleNew Feature Alert: Meet the Reviewers of the BN Book Review | First Book: The...
At the beginning of the year, we promised you new and exciting features, in keeping with our promise allow us to introduce to you Bella Naija’s Brand New Feature: The BN Book Review! What is the BN...
View Article“The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” by Lola Shoneyin receives Rave...
In this maiden issue of the BN Book Review, we have chosen to review “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives“, the highly acclaimed first novel by Lola Shoneyin…. In a book which uses humour, charm
View ArticleThe Bumper Edition! Issue 2 of the BN Book Review Tackles the Moral Dilemma...
We only launched our first edition of the BN book Review Section last month and already we are receiving great feedback. In this second edition, we have taken things a notch higher by reviewing two...
View ArticleFelabration! The Third Edition of the BN Book Review Delves deep into the...
In April, the residents of Lagos were treated to the spectacular Broadway show, Fela! Our senses were revived as we together remembered and celebrated the man who bore the heart of Nigeria’s problems...
View ArticleIt’s Back! The Fourth Edition of the BN Book Review Section Reviews “Voice of...
We are back with another edition of the BN Book Review Section. This month we are reviewing E.C Osondu’s recent book, “Voice of America…”. In, this book, Osondu, uses a collection of 18 short stories,...
View ArticleBook Review: “Free from Corporate Slavery” by Jimi Tewe
Title: Free from Corporate Slavery Author: Jimi Tewe ISBN: 978-978-914-784-7 Pages: 187 Publisher: Inspiro Publishing Year of Publication: 2011 Category:… Human Resources, Career Management Earlier...
View ArticleHow Many “Shades of Grey” For A Nigerian Woman?
You’ve probably heard all the noise about the book Fifty Shades of Grey by British author E.L James… and you’re wondering what makes it a best-seller. I’m going to try and demystify the book for those...
View ArticleBN Book Review: Read Ainehi Edoro’s Review of “Nothing Comes Close” by...
Tolulope Popoola, author of Nothing Comes Close Reading Nothing Comes Close by Nigerian author, Tolulope Popoola…, was like eating dessert on a hungry stomach. I walloped it in one blow. After a week...
View ArticleBN Book Review: Bonfires of the gods” by Andrew Eseimokumo Oki | Review by...
In recent times, African literature and story-telling in particular is witnessing a fruitful harvest of certain crops of voices which tell the African story in unique ways. For me, each time I decide...
View ArticleBN Book Review: ‘Oil on Water’– Helon Habila | Reviewed by Damisola Akolade
Prior to reading ‘Oil on Water’, Helon Habila… had stolen my heart with his novel ‘Measuring Time’ (a review of this would be done later). Oil on Water was indeed worth the anticipation. Helon Habila...
View ArticleBN Book Review: Dead on Arrival by Paul Oluikpe | Review by John Clarke
As a Briton, who grew up in Nigeria, I am delighted when I see works which depict Nigeria with vivid imagination and accuracy. Paul Oluikpe’s novel, Dead on Arrival… (2013), published by Warwick...
View ArticleBN Book Review: Indigo by Molara Wood – Review by Damisola Akolade
To my surprise, upon opening the cover of this book, I “discovered” that it was a collection of short stories. I have never been a big fan of short stories (with the exception of Uwem Akpan’s Say...
View ArticleBN Cuisine – Book Review: Taste of Tanzania by Miriam R. Kinunda | Review by...
When I was told to review a cookbook, I was mightily excited. This is totally new territory for me despite spending what must be years of my life, (if the hours are added together) spent poring through...
View ArticleBN Book Review: Are We The Turning Point Generation? By Chude Jideonwo |...
Everyone has said something about Nigeria’s numerous problems and opportunities. There’s nothing new under the Sun. Nevertheless, for the ignorant, the forgetful, the curious, the historians and the...
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BN Book Review: The Apocalypse Child by Karin Ezeakor – Review by Damisola...
I have to begin by apologizing to the author and the good people at Bella Naija. I was asked to review this book about two months ago and although I read it ever since I received it, I had just been...
View ArticleBN Book Review: These Words Expose Us: An Anthology by The Naked Convos |...
Words: those little things that give life to our feelings, our depth and our identities. Words are what tie this eclectic anthology together. The title These Words Expose Us: An Anthology gives one a...
View ArticleBN Prose – Book Review: 60 Percent of a True Story by Osisiye Tafa | Review...
Forget what you have heard in the past and what people will try to tell you about truth being sacrosanct; it is subjective. There’s a version of every truth that is filled with inaccuracies, but who’s...
View ArticleBN Prose – Book Review: Weeping Cherry by Kemi Santos-Omanukwue | Review by...
Plot Summary Weeping Cherry is narrated by a 15-year-old teenager, Meredith Emarrow Hart, who lives with her mum and stepfather and attends high school in Canada. We find out early on that her birth...
View ArticleBN Book Review: The Seeing Place by Aziza Eden Walker | Review by ABG
Teleporting is possible. I started to read Aziza Walker’s The Seeing Place on a Saturday afternoon in Lagos. Before I knew it, I was transported to Cape Town, South Africa, on Walker’s words. The...
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