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Lindy
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Being gay is illegal in Nigeria. Arinze Ifeakandu‘s collection of tender stories shows the effect of enforced secrecy on the lives of gay men there. In vivid, emotional scenes that are like acts from longer plays, we get to know men of various ages and cultural backgrounds—Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa; Christian and Muslim. Audiobook performance by Mirron Willis is perfect. #LGBTQ

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Lindy
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I am late to the party, just now having finished Akinze Ifeakandu‘s award-winning debut.

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Lindy
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“…he‘d not expected Hausa to be, for this man, a language of tenderness, he‘d expected it to be a language for business, a language to be used and discarded and reused.”

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Centique
Freshwater | Akwaeke Emezi
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Finally getting to this debut novel from 2018. It was fascinating to view the protagonist from the internal view of the spirits that occupy her body. I had read reviews where people found this bizarre and confronting. I guess my worldview has been widened by my other reading because it didnt seem so strange - very interesting and engaging. Have you read this @Reggie ?

Billypar I loved this one, especially how convincing the different narrative voices sounded. Not overly weird but unique enough to be memorable. 1w
Centique @Billypar yes! Unique is a much better word for it i think. 1w
Reggie I have. I just remember being worried for the main character and hoping they‘d be ok in life. Cause you know, that‘s what we do for fictional characters. lol but seriously, I just remember them being in immense pain, anguish. That i wasn‘t totally sure if they had mental illness or there were actual deities. 1w
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batsy I thought it was excellent. And I have seen those reviews where people felt the need like they had to judge or adjudicate, like they had to pass off a moral judgment on something that was new and different and perhaps disturbing to them, to refuse anything that seemed alienating. Which kind of defeats the point of reading! I agree with @Reggie I felt a lot for the protagonist and just wanted them to be okay. 1w
Centique @Reggie @batsy It felt like a book you would like Reggie - real and unreal meshed in some way. I totally went with it being actual spirits/gods - or at least that that was the reality for them. And exactly that Suba - surely we read to walk in someone else‘s shoes, experience someone different from ourselves 🙌 1w
Megabooks I have this on my shelf and need to get to it. How are you? I've missed seeing you since I haven't been on as much. 1w
Centique @Megabooks i havent been on top of my friends feeds here lately either - so i just went to read your last few reviews. It sounds like you have had a tough time with your parents and your illness 💕 I hope you have a season now of feeling well and less stressed 💕 I have been fine - but some people around me have been struggling and i am supporting them. They have just started getting professional help now so im hoping for improvement. My dad is ⬇️ 1w
Centique @Megabooks stable - hes asleep much of the day but when he wakes up he can sometimes make a joke and he usually remembers his family. So that makes us all happy. The carers at his home are lovely people - i can well imagine what a difference your helper makes! Is this week a bit better Meg with health and with your folks? 💕 1w
Megabooks @Centique thanks for checking in. It is hard to watch our Dads age! My dad sleeps a lot, too, and has good days and bad days confusion-wise. The cancer treatments definitely make thinking harder! Next week I‘m going overnight to a doctor in Indianapolis. I am worried about leaving my parents! They depend on me so much! My health is improving over earlier this month but still a bit fragile. I am much more tired than usual ⬇️ 1w
Megabooks And still have some brain fog. I am sorry you have friends that are struggling but how lucky they have your support! Take care dear friend!! 1w
Suet624 I still hold such love for this book - I read it when it first came out and I just wanted to talk to people about it. 1w
CarolynM Lovely review. I will send you an email soon😘 1w
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lil1inblue
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“Is this how he sees her? As an exotic beauty? I console myself with the knowledge that even the most beautiful flowers wither and die.”
― Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer

It's a love triangle of sorts. #ittakesallkinds #lovetriangle

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💚🖤 3w
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Afua
Vagabonds!: A Novel | Eloghosa Osunde
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‘People who know loss know this : there‘s nothing harder to let go of than an already-gone thing‘

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fictionaddictbooks
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At the end of the thirty-month war Biafra was a vast smoldering rubble. The head count at the end of the war was perhaps three million dead, which was approximately 20 percent of the entire population.

Chinua Achebe, There Was A Country

#memoir #Nigeria #war #history

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fictionaddictbooks
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I've wanted to read There Was A Country for the longest of times but I'm really glad to be reading it now. From what I've read so far it looks like not much has changed since the last 60 years particularly with respect to our politics. 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 1mo
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Michellesibs
Notes on Grief | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Adiche's father died during the covid lockdown.

This really is Notes on Grief. Each chapter is short. Sometimes it's a memory of her father, others a particular feeling in a moment of grief. It's snippets of seconds in time, conversations, meaningful looks, hindsight.

This is a grief companion. Adiche isn't here to guide you, or help you, it's purely her notes on her grief for her father and its beautiful.

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