B.O.A.S Rating – 3/5 I wanted to love this book. But I’ve settled on liking it. Set in modern-day Zimbabwe, the book is a story of two rival hairdressers and serves both as comic relief, social contemporary and an inside view to the ravage of Mugabe’s reign. And at its core, the irrational homophobia of…
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We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo – Snappy Review
B.O.A.S Rating – 4/5 stars The first half of We Need New Names is set in Zimbabwe. We meet Darling and her group of friends, who despite the harrowing state of the country manage to do what children do world-over. Be children. From high chase in the uptown Budapest in search of guavas to made-up…
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – Snappy Review
B.O.A.S Rating – 5/5 The second full star rating I’ve given a book in 2020! This book was easy to get through, especially since I predominantly went through it as an audiobook courtesy of Scribd 30-day-free program to make staying home that much better. The second reason why is because I had a book-buddy –…
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Snappy Review
B.O.A.S Rating – 4/5 This book made me feel. That’s how you tell a good book. I’m an African and save for the brief section in high school on post-colonial Nigeria, there wasn’t much I knew about Biafra’s bid for independence. Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche introduces her readers, not just to the life of two sisters,…
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Snappy Review
B.O.A.S Rating – 4/5 Purple Hibiscus was part endearing and part horrifying. Shy Kambili and her brother Jaja, grow up in the tyranny of their devout and wealth father, Papa. Their own mother is hapless to the situation and is as much a victim as they are. While adored, almost revered, by his community and…
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