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Love, Loneliness, and the Chaos of Modern Womanhood: On Damilare Kuku’s Nearly All The Men in Lagos Are Mad
In Damilare Kuku’s Nearly All The Men in Lagos Are Mad, love is a battlefield fought in wigs, WhatsApp messages,
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A Room Full of Mirrors: Re-reading James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room
There is a certain kind of silence that follows a book like Giovanni’s Room. It’s the silence that comes after
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Two Years With Nana Ama: A Letter to My Daughter on Her Second Birthday
My dearest Nana Ama, You are turning two. Someday—years from now—you’ll read this. Maybe you’ll smile, maybe you’ll roll your
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The Soundtrack of Ache: On Chimeka Garricks’ A Broken People’s Playlist
Some books are symphonic. Others are closer to mixtapes—loose, lived-in, stitched together by effect rather than plot. Chimeka Garricks’ A
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LOVE IN THE DARK
I remember standing at the gate of that famous house along the banks of the great river. Dusk was falling
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