“My locs are just shy of five years. They flow, like water. They are fluffy and black. They are dark. I forbid anyone to touch them.” I’ve rarely read stories that celebrate dread locs in the opening sentences, so this grabbed me immediately. I myself have had my dreads (as I grew up calling them…
Tag: african literature
In Conversation with Nana-Ama Danquah
I don’t normally read the introduction of books, but on a whim I did so for the short story collection Accra Noir. Edited and curated by Nana-Ama Danquah, her lyrical descriptions of modern and historical Accra drew me into her perspective of her home and left me feeling taunt with anticipation for the stories to…
Book Accessibility in Africa: A Conversation with Bookstagrammers
Something that has been striking to me ever since I joined bookstagram and hearing from others who live in other parts of the world, is how difficult is to access books in Africa and the Caribbean. I wanted to have a conversation specifically with these two bookstagrammers, Amyn Bawa from Nigeria and Faith Nzama from…
Here We Read For Fun 