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Puplished 10th October 2024

NC Gretel

NC Gretel

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I read Things Fall Apart and half of There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe.
TFA was the first book written by a Nigerian literary giant I ever read and I felt nothing but respect for the man and awe in regards to his talent, hell I felt he was the only one to exist for some odd reason.
I have also read Purple Hibiscus which made me read Half of a Yellow Sun, and currently, I'm reading the digital copy of The Thing Around Your Neck.
And it suddenly made me realize that as good as I was, these people were just in a different league.
Achebe's understanding and implementation of the English language, and the history he had lived is, beyond and doubt, unmatched.
Chimamanda's ability to describe and simplify the emotions of the characters she gave life to would have you thinking these people were real, that they are your neighbors even.
These authors are gods.
I regretfully never finished Children of the Eagle, I read Tears of Motherhood twice.
There is also Sector IV, I didn't enjoy Independence but I ended up reading it twice, and one more book whose name I've forgotten now.
Long story short, I want you to recommend books written by Nigerian authors to me.

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