Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ ReviewsAfricanfuturism / child in jeopardy / Ghana / horror / loner / Mysterious powers / POC / POC author / Science Fiction / survivor / teen2 Comments
I’ve enjoyed a few of Nnedi Okorafor’s books in the past, particularly the Akata Witch series of YA novels, which take place in Nigeria. I liked her Hugo and Nebula-winning novella, Binti, too. So, when the ARC of her new novella, Remote Control, became available, I was eager to read ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / Ghana / Holiday / Kwanzaa / picture books / POC / POC author2 Comments
In an African village live seven brothers who make life miserable with their constant fighting. When their father dies, he leaves an unusual will: by sundown, the brothers must make gold out of seven spools of thread or they will be turned out as beggars. Review Though the story is ... more >
Publishing NewsAfrica / apartheid / CDA / digital libraries / diversity / Free Speech / gender / Ghana / literacy / Literary fiction / Modernism / privacy / racism / revenge porn / South Africa / Tor / Woolf2 Comments
Tor Project sued for $1 million in revenge porn case – Pinkmeth, a particularly horrible revenge porn site is being sued, and for a while, TOR was being sued right along with it. Although the action against TOR was quickly dropped,I wanted to start at the beginning of this drama, ... more >