If Khan has not already stolen your heart via social media, then be prepared to lose it to her through this book. How I Accidentally Became a Global Stock Photo by Shubnum Khan Once more, Emezi leaves the reader awestruck with their hypnotic and mesmerising writing. Written as a series of letters to various individuals, Emezi gives us an intimate insight into their relationships with their own identity, the world around them, and the spaces they inhabit as an ogbanje or spirit. There is little doubt that Emezi is one of the greatest writers of our time, a position further cemented through this latest offering. Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize, this is a beautiful and heart wrenching book.ĭear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi Mohamed’s writing creates a bond between the reader and the protagonist, leaving you wholly invested in the story. The Fortune Men retells the story of Mahmood Mattan, a Somali seaman wrongfully charged with murder in Wales in the 1950s. Here are our 20 top books of the year, in no particular order.įollowing the success of her novels Black Mamba Boy and The Orchard of Lost Souls, Mohamed was back this year with a book like no other. African writers have outdone themselves again, bringing us literary gems across genres.
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