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Reviews
Their Stories | The Fireplace: Tot Tales
Through our children’s book club, The Fireplace: Tot Tales, we are able to reach different people. The ones we work […]
Laugh Out Loud James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein | A review by John Kato
Have you ever had a dream that seemed so wild it made others laugh? Not just laugh, but laugh out […]
Weight of Whispers by Yvonne Adhiambo | A Review by Esther Nshakira
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Weight of Whispers is a first-person narrative chronicling the life of Boniface Louis R Kuseremane and his […]
Anansi and The Bag of Wisdom | A review by Dushiime Kaguliro
Anansi tales originate from Ghana and were commonly told orally to children. Anasi means spider and the tales are about […]
Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku | A review by Esther Nshakira
We are in Lusaka. The year is 1978. With the Rhodesian Bush War (The Second Chimurenga) as a distant backdrop, […]
Versus, an Anthology by Huza Press | A review by Dushiime Kaguliro
“We learn a country by its stories and, in a country as huge as our Africa is, we can learn […]
The Velveteen Rabbit | A review by Dushiime Kaguliro
On Christmas day a little boy receives a velvet rabbit as a toy. He falls in love with it but […]
Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ | A review by Carol Kagezi
It is 1985. Time moves forward, in four parts, as Ayobami Adebayo weaves Yedije and Akin’s love story. Yedije and […]
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory | A review by Dushiime Kaguliro
Charlie is a young boy living in poverty with his parents and grandparents. They have so little but are […]
