#nigerianliterature

Waywords StudioWaywordsStudio
2025-11-29

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ -

This YA story is at once a serious look at repressed trauma (personal and societal) and a sensitive examination of diversity and compassion. A wonderful introduction to community and responsibility.

Waywords StudioWaywordsStudio
2025-08-25

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฎ -

Soyinka's famous short play about a prophet who sells his followers belief in social advancement, swindling them along the way. A marvelous challenge to the foundations for our ethics.

Waywords StudioWaywordsStudio
2025-06-05

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ -

What utopia? And underneath our complacency, as ever, are monsters we refuse to see or name.

2024-07-25

The English and the African-English mix beautifully, as do the Igbo beliefs and Nigerian life, the themes of loss, love, fate, hope, and sacrifice are universal, but still, the characters and story did not fully capture my imagination.

An orchestra of minorities, Chigozie Obioma

6/10

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