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From Frying Pan to Fire Review by Arokodare Oluwatosin

Posted on July 22, 2019 by bookcraft
From Frying Pan to Fire Review by Arokodare Oluwatosin

The book titled, From Frying Pan to Fire, seeks to make people (especially youths) understand that not everything that glitters […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged BOOK REVIEW, FROM FRYING PAN TO FIRE, Immigration, Olusegun Adeniyi, Travelling Overseas1 Comment on From Frying Pan to Fire Review by Arokodare Oluwatosin

A Review of Okey Ndibe Foreign Gods, Inc. By Obi Enweze

Posted on May 15, 2019 by bookcraft
A Review of Okey Ndibe Foreign Gods, Inc. By Obi Enweze

In turns satirical, risqué, sometimes breathtaking and at all times captivating, Okey Ndibe’s second novel titled Foreign Gods, Inc. is […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged Amherst College, BOOK REVIEW, Foreign Gods Inc., OKEY NDIBE, SAHARA reporters

Book Review: Trying to Filch the Blessings of the Idol Rich by Janet Maslin

Posted on April 23, 2019 by bookcraft
Book Review: Trying to Filch the Blessings of the Idol Rich by Janet Maslin

Okey Ndibe’s razor-sharp “Foreign Gods, Inc.” steps into the story of a Nigerian-born New Yorker called Ike, just as everything […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged Arrows of Rain, BOOK REVIEW, Fiction, Foreign Gods Inc., Michael Jordan, OKEY NDIBE, The New York Times

Weaving the Past, Present and Future By Nureni Ibrahim

Posted on April 23, 2019 by bookcraft
Weaving the Past, Present and Future By Nureni Ibrahim

Title: Can Anything Good Come Out of History? Author: Obaro Ikime Publisher: Bookcraft Number of pages: 321 Year of publication: […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged Can Anything Good Come Out of History?, Essays, Gani Fawehinmi, History, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Obaro Ikime, WAWA Book Review

On Olusegun Adeniyi’s book on forced migration: From Africa’s frying pan to Europe’s fire

Posted on April 23, 2019 by bookcraft
On Olusegun Adeniyi’s book on forced migration: From Africa’s frying pan to Europe’s fire

You should get a copy of Olusegun Adeniyi’s new book, From Frying Pan to Fire: How African migrants risk everything […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged Chinua Achebe, FROM FRYING PAN TO FIRE, Illegal Migration, Nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi

Never Look An American In The Eye: A Review By Kola Tubosun

Posted on April 23, 2019 by bookcraft
Never Look An American In The Eye: A Review By Kola Tubosun

I always lament the dearth of travel writing books by African authors. I have since been scolded for failing to […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged BOOK REVIEW, Chinua Achebe, DEJI HAASTRUP, KOLA TUBOSUN, NEWVER LOOK AN AMERICAN IN THE EYE, OKEY NDIBE, WOLE SOYINKA

Review of Okey Ndibe’s “Never Look an American in the Eye.” By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Posted on April 2, 2019 by bookcraft
Review of Okey Ndibe’s “Never Look an American in the Eye.” By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

The trend among the African literati has been to make claims of lineage to one of the three preeminent writers […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged BOOK REVIEW, chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinua Achebe, NEVER LOOK AN AMERICAN IN THE EYE, OKEY NDIBE, PEN, SAHARA reporters, SANI ABACHA, WOLE SOYINKA

Outsider Inside, a Book Review by Nwachukwu Egbunike

Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 by bookcraft
Outsider Inside, a Book Review by Nwachukwu Egbunike

Outsider Inside Author: Keith Richards Publisher: Bookcraft Ibadan Year of Publication: 2009 Pages: 303   ‘Being a Nigerian is abysmally […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged Chinua Achebe, CSR, Culture, Fela, Guinness Nigeria, Keith Richards, Outsider Inside, Promisidor, The Economist, Tourism and Travel, UK

Unpacking Kingsley Moghalu’s ‘Big’ Vision For Nigeria – A Book Review By Chima Amadi

Posted on March 27, 2019 by bookcraft
Unpacking Kingsley Moghalu’s ‘Big’ Vision For Nigeria – A Book Review By Chima Amadi

Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, without trying to be irreverent and with the most profound respect and regards that I […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged B.I.G, BOOK REVIEW, BUILD INNOVATE AND GROW, Chima Amadi, Kingsley Moghalu, MOGHALU, Nigeria, NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT, SAHARA reporters

REFLECTING ON KINGSLEY MOGHALU’S “BUILD, INNOVATE AND GROW: MY VISION FOR OUR COUNTRY By Tobechukwu Nneli

Posted on March 27, 2019 by bookcraft
REFLECTING ON KINGSLEY MOGHALU’S “BUILD, INNOVATE AND GROW: MY VISION FOR OUR COUNTRY By Tobechukwu Nneli

The Nigerian desire for a quality life is longstanding. Unfortunately, the actualisation of this dream has remained elusive despite the […]

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Posted in Book ReviewsTagged B.I.G, Biafra, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, Kingsley Moghalu, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, MOGHALU, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu

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