Why #ENDSARS protests are different, and what lessons they hold for Nigeria
In 1992, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad was set up by the Commissioner for Police to curb a spate of armed robberies in Nigeria. By 2009 it had become a large and powerful…
Tribes: How Our Need to Belong Can Make or Break Society by David Lammy
This book is a fascinating and perceptive analysis of not only the way the world works but also the way we really are. Both memoir and call-to-arms, Tribes explores both the benign…
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child,to the day he realized his mum was white,to his first encounters with racist teachers – race and class…
Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who…
Growing Up African Girl Child in Etsako: The Struggle of an African Girl Child Against Culture and Religious Belief by Dr. Nana Akaeze
Everything Fatima has, shes earned on her own merit. Having gone the very tough way, she built her education from nothing and made it a successful journey through her resilience,…
Author Troy Gathers Releases New Book “African World History” to Reflect on the Greatness of Ancient Africa
The history of Africa has never been a permanent fixture in the history books in America, thus leaving countless people without awareness of Africa’s immense history. As a matter of…
Black CEO, Reco McCambry, Pens Book That Addresses Social Justice and Progress for the Black Community
With the uprising triggered by George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers still going strong, there have been many heartening changes to local municipal laws around the…
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
A rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa. Drawing on new genetic and genealogical research, original records, expert testimony…
Penciled Celebrities artist, Ray Styles is dead
Ghanaian artist, Emmanuel Apraku popularly known as Ray Styles is dead. The death of the artist follows months of battle with liver cancer. Sources within his family also say he…
Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor
Nnamdi’s father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria had ever had. He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town. But then…
Tomi Adeyemi Makes TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People List
Tomi Adeyemi Makes TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People List ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ author Tomi Adeyemi has been named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. The brilliant…
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands…