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EZE GOES TO SCHOOL (Episode 30)

Foreword

I want to apologize first of all for the delay in the posting of this episode. All throughout last week, I had to put my literary focus on the re-drafting of my novel. I had a deadline to meet. I’ve met it. And now I’m back to writing.

Secondly, I would like to inform y’all that Sifa’s ‘Playing by Her Rules’ is now available in e-book format. Simply click on the link below to get your copy. Thank you and God bless!

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And now for the story . . .

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You can’t just like come into my house, into my room and take whatever you want,” the bodacious brunette scolded, one hand lifted in front of her, her manicured fingers jabbing theatrically into the air. “You have to ask me first. You can’t just, like, take my things without asking me first.

Kimmie, you need to calm down, seriously,” the other woman, slender and dark-haired too bridled. “You need to like chill out and not make an issue of everything.

Her words must have stung because the first woman, apparently provoked, launched into another diatribe.

“What is this show you are always watching sef?” I asked from the couch where I was seated, distracted from my GameBoy. My eyes flickered from Ada to the TV and back to her. “Who are these women?” (more…)

Americanah named one of the 10 Best Books of 2013

AmericanahThe year’s best books, fiction and non-fiction , have been selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. And Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah made the cut.

“By turns tender and trenchant, Adichie’s third novel takes on the comedy and tragedy of American race relations from the perspective of a young Nigerian immigrant. From the office politics of a hair-braiding salon to the burden of memory, there’s nothing too humble or daunting for this fearless writer, who is so attuned to the various worlds and shifting selves we inhabit — in life and online, in love, as agents and victims of history and the heroes of our own stories.” ~ The New York Times.

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Also, the UK Guardian named Americanah as one of the Best Fiction of 2013.

And for Christmas, what might Chimamanda want? (more…)

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