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Book Review: Onyeka and the Secret Superhero by Tọlá Okogwu
Genre: FictionPublished: 2024Recommended Age: Under 11 BUY BOOK HERE Guest Reviewer: Tungombili ShangadiThis is our first guest review on African Queens’ Ink — and it’s a special one. Written by my daughter, Tungombili Shangadi, this review captures the imagination, curiosity, and honesty of a young reader discovering the magic of Black girl superheroes in Onyeka and the Secret Superhero by Tọlá Okogwu. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Book Review This story is a type of story for little children, as it is about a group of three or four twelve-year-old superheroes on a mission to save a small remote village from a flood because a dam…
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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Author: Nnedi Okorafor Published: 2025Genre: Science Fiction, Afrofuturism, SuspenseBUY BOOK HERE Introduction One of the most anticipated book releases by an African woman author this year—2025—is Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. It is a gripping, multi-layered sci-fi saga. Book Summary Death of the Author follows the fascinating life of Zelu, a Nigerian-American woman who transitions from a struggling writer and educator to an overnight sensation after publishing a groundbreaking novel. Zelu wrote the Novel that would be her making – Rusted Robots after losing her job and when her life was seemingly descending into a dark and spiralling tunnel. Death Of The Author, however, has so many stories intertwined that you…