Few books have had me enamoured from the prologue. ‘Open Water’ by Caleb Azumah Nelson, the Costa Book Awards 2021 winner, starts off in a barbershop – a simple scene, yet it introduces us very briefly to the main characters,…

She started writing at the age of four. By 13, she began writing poetry, and by age 24, Malawian Upile Chisala made it to the prestigious Forbes Africa’s 30 under 30 list. Preferring the term “storyteller”, Chisala is considered to…

The author of this book really gave us this glorious title, and then decided to truly bring the evidence in hilarious tale after tale. ‘Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad’ is a short story collection, consisting of 12…