Blogs in July 2020

I Do Not Come to You by Chance 26th July 2020

A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to You by Chance tells the story of one young man and the family who loves him. Being the opara of...

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The Concubine 25th July 2020

Ihuoma, a beautiful young widow, has the admiration of the entire community in which she lives, and especially of the hunter Ekwueme. But their passion is fated and jealousy, a love potion and the closeness of the spirit world...

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No Longer at Ease 25th July 2020

Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be corruption. Obi manages to...

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The Joys of Motherhood 25th July 2020

Nnu Ego is a woman who gives all her energy, money and everything she has to raising her children – leaving her little time to make friends.

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The Thing Around Your Neck 25th July 2020

Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Your Neck map, with Adichie’s signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...

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