Amadi sulked all the way home. He was so angry with Erhuvwun for disrespecting him in the presence of all those nosy and annoying villagers! Why couldn’t she just trust him for once? Why couldn’t she just obey?! Sure, she was upset about her father, but that old […]
“Go! Go! If you don’t want to be here, just go! I’ll come home when my father’s well!” Erhuvwun insisted, not knowing how she got the courage to be so bold. She just knew she wasn’t about to forsake her father now, and she couldn’t stand to hear […]
After they’d made love a second time that afternoon, Erhuvwun rose from the bed, thinking they’d better make the most of the day before the darkness fell. But Amadi pulled her into him and held her close. He was enjoying their intimacy. He was enjoying her in a […]
Erhuvwun woke up the next morning and immediately jumped off the bed. She’d overslept. Amadi had left her sleeping in for the first time ever. She heard the familiar sound of his axe against wood, and knew he was outside working on his new furniture project. She tied […]
Hey, y’all!!! Happy Weekend 🙂 I hope you are enjoying yourselves. I know I am. As you are reading this, I am at Aimee’s Library’s “A Book In Hand Live” Beach Hangout, talking about my book, Perfect Love and meeting some awesome people too. If you haven’t read it […]
Erhuvwun preferred to wash their clothes by the stream. She had told Amadi how the flowing water was ideal for rinsing them off and left a lovely fragrance in the fabrics. After the first time, when his wrappers had returned brighter than they’d ever been, he hadn’t challenged […]
The first month was the hardest. Erhuvwun woke up to the realisation that she’d married a stranger, and the scarier part of that was the meaning of marriage, rather than the fact that he was a stranger. In every respect, she had been sold into bondage, and she […]
Hey hey! How’s the weekend going? Welcome to another episode of The Spotlight. Today, I’m doing another book review of a book which tells an age-old story in a whole new and African way. Meet the author, Sinmisola Ogunyinka. She’s a wife, mother, movie producer and talk-show host. She […]
Erhuvwun’s first thought was of Akpos, the man she’d wanted to marry, when her father told her about his foolish mistake. She’d been holding out for Akpos for over a year now, and had turned down other suitors, believing he was going to come back and take her […]
Onuoha was sober for the first time in five years. Last night, he’d made the biggest mistake of his life, and there was no way he could correct it… What had possessed him to mention her name…? To even think of such a thing? He sat outside his […]
Hey, hey… Happy Weekend! This episode of The Spotlight is coming in late in the day, but for good reason. I just launched a new website for my books this week, and I’ve been consumed with it over the last couple of days. I just had to post […]
Whoa! It’s been a long minute since I wrote on The Spotlight or even did a review. But if you’ve read my most recent post, you’d know why. I’ve been mad busy, and I still am. But there’s something I’ve realised about reading, it is addictive! Once I […]
Hey hey! I’m taking The Spotlight to a whole new level!!! Today, I’m doing my first ever interview of an Author, which will be part of the #UfuomaeeInterviews series, under my Book Reviews category. Every now and then, I will interview a special author or publisher that I really like to talk about some […]
Hi y’all! Welcome to another episode of The Spotlight. I’ve got another interesting post I’d like to spotlight today, and it deals with racism. I really have to give kudos to this writer because what he wrote was deep, honest and paradigm changing. It required a rare kind […]
Hey, hey! How are you? How’s your long weekend going? I hope you’re getting all the rest and relaxation you need. Well, I’m back on The Spotlight with another book review from one of my favourite authors, Abimbola Dare! I reviewed her third title, The Accidental Wife sometime last […]
