Book Review: Thicker than Water

Oyinkan Braithwaite’s latest is a fictional foray into the lives of the Abebe family; a posh Lagos family that appear to have everything going for them on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. The story is told from Korede’s perspective, the eldest Abebe daughter, and through her we get to meet the other […]

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What is Literature For?

16th century French philosopher Rene Descartes once said that reading good books from the past is like having a conversation with great minds from a distant time. In that quote alone, one can say the purpose of literature has been expressed, but of course it isn’t so simple. Imagine for a second if all the […]

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