Being born black can be very hard, and while there are quite a few nuances,…
Tag: African literature
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
This novel also considers how most utopian dreams of liberation in the recently independent Africa…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that…
The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of…
The African Child is not strictly speaking a novel, but rather an autobiography of a…
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that…
Heart of Darkness narrates the story of a sailor named Marlow, who one day decides…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…