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Femi Osofisan
Tanure Ojaide
Brian Chikwava
Hugh Hodge
Helon Habila
Muhammad Jalal A. Hashim
Ogaga Ifowodo
Edwin Gaarder
Harry Garuba
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
Zukiswa Wanner
Ike Okonta
Maxim Uzoatu
George Ngwane
Ike Anya
E. E. Sule
Beverley Nambozo
Obi Nwakanma
Matthew Dodwell
Ikhide Ikheloa
Afam Akeh
Femi Oyebode
Chika Unigwe
Linda Chase
Mohamed Bushara
Wale Okediran
Niran Okewole
Remi Raji
Ahmed Maiwada
Laura King
Chuma Nwokolo
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Reviews
Ikhide Ikheloa
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"Helon Habila is an interesting
writer – of short stories. With the short story as a canvas,
he takes his work ethic, mixes it up with his excellent powers of
observation of the human condition and finishes up his patented
recipe with a delicious dollop of prose poetry. With the short story
Habila struts his stuff, gently telling complex truths with the
aid of simple enchanting prose. Unfortunately, the novel as a medium
of expression undermines Habila's strengths and exaggerates his
weaknesses.’'
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Zukiswa Wanner
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"In the The Book of Not, set
mostly at the high school Tambu attends, the author shows the struggles
of young Tambu in a pre-independence Zimbabwe and a post-independent
Rhodesia as she attempts to fit in as one of a handful of black
students at a largely white private girls’ school. Tambu takes
heed of her uncle’s words and believes that with education
she can earn the world’s respect but this meets with disillusionment,
when, after she gets the best O Level results, a less qualified
person is given the school honours. ’'
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