Book Review
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From Servitude to Sovereignty: Unpacking the Eldest Daughter Syndrome in ‘My Name is Maame’
Summary: In My Name is Maame, Jessica George tells the story of Maame Wright, a 25-year-old only daughter in a Ghanaian household and the primary carer for her father, who suffers from advanced-stage Parkinson’s. She…
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Redefining Success Beyond Marriage: A Review of The Marriage Monitoring Aunties’ Association
Summary: The Marriage Monitoring Aunties’ Association follows the life of Sade Sodipo, a successful, witty, and intelligent 50-year-old woman who, according to traditional societal expectations, has an incomplete life because she is single and childless.…
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Nigerian-American author Grace Bankole’s debut novel won the 2026 VCU Literary Award
Summary: Olufunke Grace Bankole, a Nigerian-American author, has won the 2026 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Cabell First Novelist Award for her debut novel, The Edge of Water. The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award is a…
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Book Review: Reclaiming Women’s Voices in History in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing
Summary: Homegoing follows the stories of two half-sisters – Effia and Esi who live in 18th century Ghana and their descendants through time and space. The novel highlights how systems of oppression—colonialism, racism, and patriarchy…
