Tag: Novel

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

by Lilian Izuorah | Mar 17, 2016 | Literature | 1 |

“We are on our way to Budapest: Bastard and Chipo and Godknows and Sbho and Stina and me. We are going even though we are not allowed to cross Mzilikazi Road; even though Bastard is supposed to be watching his little sister Fraction, even though Mother would kill me dead if she found out; we are...

Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta

by Lilian Izuorah | Feb 18, 2016 | Literature | 0 |

Okparanta tackles a series of issues from the seemingly mundane to something as sizzling as homosexuality using beautiful prose and evocative words. Her narrators tell their stories with such strength that the reader is compelled to see the truth of their lives. These stories take you by surprise...