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> Tag: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

If you ever wanted to hear LeVar Burton say the phrase “sweet and salty love”, then this is the collection for YOU!

The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor

2043...A Merman I Should Turn to Be by Nisi Shawl

These Alien Skies by C.T. Rwizi

Clap Back by Nalo Hopkinson

We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle

March 2, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

You can hear LeVar say lots of other things, if you like! You can also hear Nyambi Nyambi, Naomi Ackie, Indya Moore, Adenrele Ojo, and Brian Tyree Henry! The six-entry Black Stars collection is another new(ish) group of short stories available from Amazon Originals. They are available on both kindle and through audible, and if you are interested in diving into this collection then I highly recommend taking the audio route! Every story is enhanced by the audio performances, and I am sure that I rated […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Adenrele Ojo, african diaspora, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, andtheIToldYouSos, Black Stars, Black Stars collection, black voices, Brian Tyree Henry, C.T. Rwizi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, djinn, feminism, Indya Moore, Islam, LeVar Burton, lgtbqia, Nalo Hopkinson, Naomi Ackie, nisi shawl, Nnedi Okorafor, Nyambi Nyambi, religious extremism, technology, timbuktu, tradition, Victor LaValle

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Adenrele Ojo, african diaspora, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, andtheIToldYouSos, Black Stars, Black Stars collection, black voices, Brian Tyree Henry, C.T. Rwizi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, djinn, feminism, Indya Moore, Islam, LeVar Burton, lgtbqia, Nalo Hopkinson, Naomi Ackie, nisi shawl, Nnedi Okorafor, Nyambi Nyambi, religious extremism, technology, timbuktu, tradition, Victor LaValle ·
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An Afrofuturist short story trio (part 1)

The Visit (Black Stars #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Black Pages (Black Stars #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson

December 31, 2021 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I was struggling with my Goodreads reading goal until I came across this short story collection, Black Stars. This Amazon Original contains six afro-futurist novellas from Black authors. I’m only reviewing three since I had limited kindle unlimited borrows. I’m sure some of you can relate to this problem. 🙂 I started with Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson since I just finished her Sandman Universe book, House of Whispers. We enter the story with news headlines about a new haute couture line that […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: afrofuturism, Amazon Originals, Black authors, Black Stars, Black Women authors, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, short stories

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: afrofuturism, Amazon Originals, Black authors, Black Stars, Black Women authors, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, short stories ·
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“Some kindnesses you do not ever forget.”

Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

December 23, 2021 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I read Americanah back in 2014 and I really enjoyed it. So when I saw that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had written a short story, Zikora (2020), I picked it up. This is definitely only a short story, clocking in at about 30 pages or so. But Adichie has a way with words, and she explores a number of different themes including: family, pain, love, and motherhood in a very short amount of time. The story begins with Zikora, a successful lawyer in Washington D.C., in labor at the hospital. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sophia's CBR13 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ·
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“Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes,”

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

December 22, 2021 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

Purple Hibiscus is a coming-of-age story and Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s debut novel. It is the story of fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja who lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. In some ways they are completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, it is revealed rather quickly that things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home—a home that is silent and suffocating. As the country begins […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:69 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus, read harder challenge ·
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3/4 of a Good Book (Belated Bingo – Yellow)

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

November 15, 2020 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

This book was a journey for me, a loooong road from start to finish. A friend sent it to me in the mail, having not finished it, but thinking I would like to read it. Her disclaimer was that she was reading it while pregnant and due to something that happened to a pregnant woman wasn’t able to read on. I mean, a book about a civil war is going to be a tough read for anyone, but certainly for an expectant mother possibly a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1960s, Africa, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun, Nigeria

ardaigle's CBR12 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1960s, Africa, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun, Nigeria ·
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The world was silent when we died

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

July 25, 2020 by Merryn Leave a Comment

Biafra lived less than three full years, from May 1967 to June 1970.  Its national symbol, half of a yellow sun, shining from the flag, gleaming on the arms of soldiers, hanging on a string around the neck of proud citizens. Today, for those who have heard of Biafra, the image most likely to come to mind is a starving child. Our story starts in the early 60s, Nigeria newly independent from Britain, ethnic fault lines papered over by a map wilfully ignorant of cultural, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Merryn's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ·
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