1. There is no water-tight genre: The story could cover a sphere of different genres or just one solid genre. It might be romance with some paranormal or just comedy or tragedy mainstream.
2. It is based on Africa: The stories are based on African-related themes and settings, either in urban areas or rural areas. Sometimes, the story might have an African plot but be based in Western settings.
3. The names are African: Hardly would you see real African characters bearing English names. Names like Segi, Bode, Chukwudi, Yaya are just a fraction of the millions of indigenous African names abounding.
4. It is eclectic: If you're looking for that dreamy-paced or starry-eyed character, you would be rudely shocked because the stories are eclectic in every sense of the word. For example, the Head of a household in a story, might be married to four wives and have twenty children, where they live in a bungalow.
Read African books if you're looking for something different with a sense of adventure plus culture from a totally different continent.
I definitely would read African books by African authors....I happen to love them. Im on a Chimimanda phase at the moment, I've read everyone of her books and I highly recommend them.
ReplyDeleteChinua Achebe's books are and always would remain classics.
I haven't read Baba segis wives, I wonder if it's good?