Being born black can be very hard, and while there are quite a few nuances, different levels and social classes within the black world, the…
Tag: African literature
“Is Chimamanda a writer or a sociologist?” Literary review of AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2) of (3)
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the case of Blaine, Ifem’s smart boyfriend, through whom we sharply…
“Plenty of intelligence, little literature”. Literary review of AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1) of (3)
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country for a period of time, to go and study in…
MANY THINGS STILL HAVE TO CHANGE. Literary review of Ayi Kweih Armah’s ‘The Beautyful ones are not yet born’ (3) of (3)
This novel also considers how most utopian dreams of liberation in the recently independent Africa of the 1960s came crumbling down. Like many other revolutionary…
TO STEAL OR NOT TO STEAL Literary review of Ayi Kweih Armah’s, ‘The Beautyful ones are not yet born’ (2) of (3)
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that this has been a slip in the English spelling, which…
WHEN DID GHANA GO TO THE DOGS? Literary review of Ayi Kweih Armah’s, The Beautyful ones are not yet born (1) of (3)
The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of a railway traffic control clerk in Ghana, who is disenchanted…
THE FIRST WRITER OF GENIUS TO COME OUT OF AFRICA. Literary review of Camara Laye’s ‘The African Child’
The African Child is not strictly speaking a novel, but rather an autobiography of a young teenage boy called Camara Laye. Laye is a Malinké…
Literary review of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (2 of 2). IS THIS NOVEL AS GREAT AS IT SEEMS?
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that some characters are named, but then they are not developed…
Literary review of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1 of 2). WE HAVE TO CATCH KURTZ.
Heart of Darkness narrates the story of a sailor named Marlow, who one day decides to join a naval company that takes him from London…
BEING A CONGO IN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT THAT EASY. Literary review of Helene Cooper’s ‘The House at Sugar Beach’ (3 of 5)
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil war broke out, a factor that forced her to move…