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Langmia Kehbuma’s Paradise of Love and Pain: A Critical Appraisal

Book Reviews, Fiction, Literature18 June 2022

Paradise of Love and Pain is an excellent first novel that explores the extent to which sexual promiscuity and marital infidelity disrupt the life of Cameroonian families bringing untold suffering to children and parents alike. The main plot of the novel hinges on the actions of a wealthy and free-spirited woman who poisons her husband,…

Paradise of Love and Pain

Book Release, New Release10 November 2021

Ellen Peng straddles two inescapable complexities in her young life and family – her status as the first born and role model for her younger siblings and her very complicated relationship with her mother, Lydia who’s chosen to jeopardize her own future and that of her entire family.

The Vacuum Chamber

Book Release, Fiction, New Release25 February 2021

In The Vacuum Chamber, Mutia weaves two novellas, the first of which bears the book’s title wherein Fondo, a smart investigative journalist uncovers the elusive Dr Matanda and the workings of his futuristic institute. A Handful of Earth details the perplexing love triangle between Veke Lucasi, Saddi Tengene and Bridget Bijanga that dates to their…

Beads of Memory

Book Release, Books, Fiction, Literature, New Release1 October 2020

From accomplished blogger, Martin Jumbam comes an exhilarating yet forlorn diary of a Madrid-based African student that captures the challenges of loneliness, homesickness and especially the indifference, if not outright hostility of his host country.

Darkness at Dawn

Book Release, Books, Fiction, Literature, New Release19 July 2020

When the lovebirds, Demas and Natasha go for an HIV test in a renowned hospital before concretizing their engagement plans, little do they know that things may spiral for the worse.

A review of Kefen Budji’s novel, Boundless

Book Reviews, Literature, News2 January 2016

Boundless is replete with twists and turns that knock the socks off your feet even when you think you have it all figured out. Budji more than delivers for a debut writer. She leaves the reader dreaming that hope is never lost if you only care to look hard enough around you and in places…

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