Tag: afropolitans
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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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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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AfroElle magazine Afropolitan Issue – Africa in 2063
As an Afropolitan , I have had the honour to contribute to AfroElle Afropolitan Issue my vision of Africa in 2063. About AfroElle AfroElle is an online destination for women of African heritage. AfroElle’s overall aim is to provide content for black women around the world and for them to find empowerment and encouragement to lead…
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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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4 very strange books I recently read
Africa! This very name has so many stereotypes attached to it, that even writers and storytellers out of the continent can’t really escape it. So when you are an African author, you are expected to write a certain type of books. And that’s that! That’s what is expected of you, what African and non-African readers,…
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10 book bloggers you should know in 2013
Book Bloggers read and then blog about what they read. I think they are Mavens. What is a maven anyway? In Malcolm Gladwell’s The tipping point, a maven is described as a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. There are so many African blogging about African literature. Who would have thought so?…
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Open City by Teju Cole
My very first impressions on Open City: Very strange story. If I can call it a story, I am not really sure. It’s more a reflection on identity (Julius, the protagonist is half Nigerian, half German), an unusual amount of historical facts that sometimes relate, but most of the time don’t seem to fit in…
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Tolulope Popoola
Tolulope Popoola is a writer, blogger and lover of books and all things literature. She used to be an Accountant, until she rediscovered her love for writing in 2006 and became a full-time writer in 2008. She is also the creator and one of the writers for the fiction series and book, In My Dreams…
Under The Neem tree Blog 