Tag: African American
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Malaka Grant
Malaka was born in Accra, Ghana, to an African-American mother and Ghanaian father. Her experiences growing up and viewing the world through the clouded lens of a “hybrid Ghanaian” girl child helped her to appreciate and analyze the unique struggles that women of all races and ethnicities must overcome within the confines of their culture. Her…
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The Daughters Of Swallows by Malaka Grant
I am loving Ghana very much these days. Honestly, all the Ghanaian authors I have read so far have just wowed me. But then again, most of these authors are living out of Ghana, so do I attribute this success to Ghana or to the particular individual? In any case, I did love this novel so much…
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Chinedu Achebe
Chinedu W. Achebe is a Nigerian of Igbo descent who was born in Richmond, Virginia. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Houston and currently resides in Houston,Texas. He is the oldest of three siblings. Blunted on reality is his début Novel. Blunted on Reality follows the life of Obi Ifeanyi, a…
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Blunted on Reality by Chinedu Achebe
This author has no relationship whatsoever with Chinua Achebe, apart from the fact that they hailed from the same Nigeria. I was updating my goodreads.com profile the other day, when one of my connections remarked that she was not aware that Chinua Achebe wrote a book titled “Blunted on Reality”. And of course, she was right, he did…
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An Unexpected blessing by Unoma Nwankwor
If you are a regular reader of this blog, then you already know that I am hopeless romantic. I confess! That is why I have a full section of harlequin-style book on my bookshelf. I was particularly excited when I saw the trailer of this book. The author describes the genre as a christian fiction…
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The Other Crucifix By Benjamin Kwakye
First, I would like to thank the Africa Book club for bringing this book to my attention.Otherwise, I wouldn’t know about it. It’s funny the other day I was having a chat on twitter with a Ghanaian,who was asking me about the Ghanaian authors I have read. I said not many. Actually, here is the…
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2013 is a defining year in my “reading life”. Why is that? Because in 2013, plenty of books are about immigrants – first and second generation. I have been wondering for quite some time now, when we will get past writing about colonialism, neo-colonialism and write more about the daily lives of Diaspora’s people or…
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