Books The History of the Yorubas: The People, Country, and Language Before you ever set foot onto the first chapter of the book The History of the Yorubas, you are met with a lengthy introduction which gives a summary of...
Books We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Like No One is Too Small to Make A Difference, the book I read this month was equally short and sweet. We Should All Be Feminists is the book version
Books No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg The book No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg is actually just a collection of Ms. Thunberg's speeches since 2018 about Climate Change. If you
Books A Measure of Grace by Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje (Part 2) This month, I've finally finished reading the 2nd and last part of my Grandfather's autobiography A Measure of Grace. This second part, titled "Towards the Emerging Vision" is truly a
Books A Measure of Grace by Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje (Part 1) So I've just finished reading the first part of my grandfather's 2-part autobiography A Measure of Grace, and I'm kicking myself for not having read it sooner. When such an
Books The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch The book The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less, has a title that is quite apt - because from beginning to end, it is
Books Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman: A Review As we come to the end of March 2020, I also, have come to the end of my book for the month:- Emotional Intelligence: Why it matters more than
Books Quiet, My Favourite Book of 2016 On April 3rd 2016, I finished reading a book called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. I am able to recall
Books I Saw Ramallah Poet Mourid Barghouti's prize-winning novel, I Saw Ramallah is a thought-provoking chronicle of displacement. In it, the author tells the story of his return to his birthplace of Dier Ghassanah,
Books The Duet Returns Hi guys! For those of you who don't already know, I'm back in Nigeria once again, on a brief visit. The poetry duo of The Duet, is reunited once more
Books Running Lean Recently I've had trouble reading any book to completion. I tend to start and stop like this car, and I feel about the same way about it. I can't honestly
Books The History of the Yorubas Early last month (or perhaps the month before), to help an acquaintance on DeviantArt, I picked up a book that had been sitting around my apartment. It was called The
Books Type Talk Of all the self-help books I read, Type Talk by Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen was by far the most confusing; not because it was hard to understand, but because
Books Eats, Shoots and Leaves Those of you who pay attention not just to what I say in my writing, but also to how I write, may have noticed an increase in my use of
Books Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Many people seem to take issue with self-help books. It's like there's just something about getting advice from a book, that hurts our pride. Which is why I suppose, my
Relationships Couples Counselling This past week my father arrived in the US on a business trip. Something to do with something in Detroit. But he spent the last few days of his trip
Books The Hobbit My latest conquest in the world of Fantasy-Fiction novels is the prelude to the well known Lord of The Rings series by J.R.R Tolkien entitled, The Hobbit. I
Books The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is the first book by Lola Shoneyin (Daughter in-law of Wole Soyinka according to my father) I do so hate name dropping but
Books A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin is my latest fantasy fiction novel and funny enough, it was recommended to me by one of my readers after she
Books The Thousandfold Thought So I finally finished The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker this past month, and it gave me no reason to retract any of my previous statements. If you haven't
Books The Thousandfold Thought Because I am still reading this book, I am not sure what is most important to include and what must be left out of my synopsis to give you a
Books The Warrior Prophet By the second book, the world is seeing a major turn of events. The religious leader: Maithanet, has decided to make war against the holy city of Shimeh and by
Books The Darkness that Comes Before In the first book, we are introduced to our protagonist - Kellhus Anasurimbor of the Dunyain - as he receives a summons of sorts from his father beckoning him to
Books Fantasy, Fiction, and More My favourite genre of book is fantasy fiction. Books like The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien, and Harry Potter by J.K Rowlings, fall under this
