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Hey readers, your girl is back with another review!!! This time it's a book review and you are going to love this one. Shall we? (Please note that the picture is edited to look grungy. Thank you!) Sunset in Biafra  is such a credible source to see what happened int he Biafran war. Even though it's a bit opinionated and from one person's point of view, you actually get t a side of the story you probably have never heard before. Bear with me, as this is not a story, it will be a pretty short review. This is a real account of Elechi Amadi's experience during the Biafran war. He was a general who just recently resigned his job before all hell broke loose. Within this book you learn a few things about Nigeria back then and how everything came about. You get to know the exact words used by the leaders at the time, and a few reasons for the tensions in Nigeria at the time. You get to see Elechi Amadi's journey from when he was captured several times to having to claim the ...

Hey readers! I left for a whole week😭. I missed you guys so much! I left due to technical difficulties, but don't worry I'm back at my laptop coming at you with a whole new review!!! This review should be considered as an educational resource, so enjoy!!! Now let me tell you something, this documentary right here blew my mind😱! I loved the way that the speakers explained the impacts of the 13th amendment and why slavery was never really over. I understood the judicial system a lot more. This was an amazing documentary folks. Let me summarize it for you. So you see the 13th amendment technically says that nobody in the United States of America can be held against their own will UNLESS they are convicted of a crime. So that means, you are free until you go to jail. That clause right there is what is ruining lives till this day. Immediately after the Civil War, America had to rejuvenate its economy. The basis of their economy before was actually slavery. So they thought, "N...

Hey readers! Coming at you with another book review!!! I hope you like it!!! Alright, enjoy!!! The Bride Price  by Buchi Emecheta is such an amazing work of literature. I loved every part of it and I loved the historical and cultural ties it included. I guess you guys could call me a sucker for historical fiction 😉 . The complexity of her writing shows in each and every one of her works, and it's just so perfect. It's not fairytale-like, it's real. I really love this book!!! Okay, let me make you love it too! This story starts in the city of Lagos, in a home where a family lives. One day, the father leaves Akunna (the main character) and her brother at home. He said he was going to be back but, he never came back. No, he didn't just disappear silly; he died. Something was wrong with him and he was so, very sick. After this event, there was a long period of mourning, in that household. In fact, there was a whole funeral. It included the various tradition in the Ig...

I'm finally back again! Did you miss me?😉Today I'm here with another book review!!!!!! So let's get into this delight of a book! 'The Slave Girl' is such a lovely book. I think I even read it twice! Although I don't think I finished it the first time. Anyways, let's really talk about this book. Shall we? Buchi Emecheta wrote this book in such a perfect way. Let me explain. It all started with an ogbanje child. An ogbanje child is one that keeps dying and coming back. This child in particular never died and came back. She was a girl child of course, so it was very unusual for them. This is because every ogbanje child they had given birth to was a girl child. Who is they? Her parents of course. Who is her? Ogbanje Ojebeta of course. She is the token slave girl, but we aren't there yet! I don't even think I want to tell you how she became a slave. Yeah, that's for you to find out😉. Anyways, her parents were so excited to have her. They a...

Hey readers! This is coming a day late due to technical difficulties 😬 . I am so sorry about that, but I hope you enjoy today's book review!!!!! Let's talk about 'A Man of the People' by Chinua Achebe. Yes, we are going back to the classics. Although if I am going to be honest, when you think about Chinua Achebe, you usually think of 'Things Fall Apart'. I would like to say that this is one of his lesser-known novels. I'm going to be honest with you, it wasn't my favourite when I began, but I became more invested as I went through it. It's not the best book I've read, but it certainly wasn't the worst. It was in the middle for me, but I will definitely continue to read this kind of literature! Again, that's only my opinion, so I'm thinking you'll have to read it yourself to judge it accordingly. In this novel the central theme here is POLITICS. I mean Nigerian politics by the way. That can get messy realllll quick! In this...

Hey readers! This here is another review that provides education about the Black Lives Matter movement. Enjoy reading!!!!! When They See Us was pretty scary for me to watch. The fact that this could happen to me or my friend terrified me. All because of the difference in skin colours. I'm not going to lie, I watched this last year and not recently. I couldn't watch it again. I remember balling my eyes out because of what happened to these 5 children. These 5 children were Korey Wise, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, and Kevin Richardson. Let me explain. The Central Park 5 were accused of the sexual abuse of a white woman. Yes, this woman was sexually abused, beaten and almost killed and of course, justice needed to be served. She didn't lie about that, she didn't lie about anything in fact. Let's look into the system now. This crime was reported to the NYPD and lo' and behold a band of children that were found in the park were rounded up and i...

Now when I tell you that you aren't mentally prepared to hear this story, I'm not exaggerating. This story is a horror story for black people. I watched this maybe 2  weeks ago and I still feel hurt and terrified because of what happened to this young boy who isn't here with us today. You could just look at Instagram and see the news about him, but you won't see what REALLY happened. I advise you to watch "Time: The Kalief Browder Story" on Netflix. This review is not the normal review that I would give you and not spoil anything. I'm going to give you details. I'm going to make this an educational resource for those who don't have Netflix and aren't able to learn about this boy's story. I am going to mention that Jay-Z was an executive producer of this documentary. The other one that I know of... I'd rather not mention their name. Anyways, Kalief himself could not be a physical part of this documentary because he was murdered. Wel...