Series: The Free Critics

Elegy for the Things We’ve Been Through review: Olalekan Ayodele as Poetic Witness to a Nation’s Soul

I once posited elaborately on the position of Skip Gates—I believe—regarding critical…

8 Min Read

To Kill a Monkey review: The Monkey on the Programmer’s Back

Kemi Adetiba’s To Kill a Monkey is a show defined by a…

5 Min Read

Dream Count review: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Fragments of the Female Self

Dream Count is not the sweeping saga of Adichie’s acclaimed Americanah or…

3 Min Read

Blooming Under the Bradford Skies review: An Anthology of Flowered Voices

Blooming Under Bradford Skies is a masterful assemblage of rich works by…

8 Min Read

What Does Islam Teach Us About Conserving Natural Resources?

Muslims need to look no further than the Quran for guidance, where…

6 Min Read

I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body review: Mustapha Enesi’s Ode to Endurance

In his striking new collection of short stories, I Cry at the…

11 Min Read

Not So Terrible People review: Where the Living and Dead Dance in Nana Sule’s Gripping Debut

Nana Sule’s debut novel, Not So Terrible People, is a collection of…

7 Min Read

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi’s Cadaver of Red Roses and the Power of Indigenous Diction

In this debut collection, Zaynab Ilyasu Bobi, with profound linguistic dexterity, navigates…

19 Min Read

How Damilare Kuku’s Debut Novel Shows that Many Lagos Men Are Mad But Few Are Roaming

There comes a time in a woman’s life when she has experienced…

5 Min Read