Hair Your Way: The Politics of Negro Gals’ Hair
“Spiritual” is what he said my hair makes me look. Then, he said “Chika,” Nigerians would “be a little afraid of you.” Chimamanda Adichie was right. Discussing her latest novel, […]
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Book Review: Americanah By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
THIS big, involved and ambitious novel by the Orange Prize-winning author of Half Of A Yellow Sun is partly a provocation on the raw subject of race, partly a sexy, […]
Don’t Call Me ‘Aje Butter,’ Call Me Chikaodinaka Oduah!
I no sabi twist ma lips and tongue to say “ogogoro” or “kakaraka.” Pidgin bin no dey around me where dem born me, when I bin dey grow. So you […]
Afrocentric Confessions 