The Book Banque

A virtual journal focused on Education, African Literature, History & Culture. We sell, source & rent books, too! ✉️ [email protected]

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@eclectictope Congratulations 🎈

(We’re breaking our hiatus for you. You’re special to us like that. 🤗)

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A list of sexual abuse support centers across Nigeria: https://t.co/CyjDt8b8Rm
#JusticeForRapeInNigeria

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@Lady_Yinn @TheBookDealerNG @onkawebookclub @angryblackqueer This is heartbreaking! We hope this tweet makes you feel better 🤗

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Yet, when friendships go sour, it is still friends who will be the cloth on your back. The baby will not be thrown away with the bath water.
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#BookReview: Esi Edugyan’s #WashingtonBlack is a voyage narrative that sees the protagonist—for whom the narrative is named—work towards attaining the status of freeman both physically and mentally.
https://t.co/O1plbPKfx3

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In Wild, War Stories and Light, mothers try to smoothen the rougher edges of their teenage daughters, so that they can better fit into the mold that society has pre-designed for good daughters, good girls. #BookReview
https://t.co/KHgEFIBWRK

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The Smell of Oxford.
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Join us this Sunday at Café One, from 4pm to 8pm, at our maiden edition of #Artversation—an interactive mapping of an artist’s journey and a conversation on art—with @ClaireIdera. #CafeOne

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Exactly two weeks to the London leg of internationally acclaimed poet, Titilope Shonuga's (@DearTitilope) 'Open' tour! Have you gotten your tickets yet? https://t.co/geqKAqrMhS

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A complex, riveting read.
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@iamSutra Let’s make Lagos happen!

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@PanasheChig Congratulations chica!! 🎉🎉

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Today, we’ll be joining #LABAF and @QuramoPublishing on the Publishers’ Forum, discussing the business/mechanics of selling books online in Nigeria. We’ll be in good company with @Rovingheights and @okadabooks, too! Come, come! 2pm, City Hall! 👋🏾

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“For the crippling fear and powerlessness that a loss of friendship can cause, I find that I much rather prefer to be alone than carry the fear of a potential shattering.” — Tope (@eclectictope) in The Smell Of Oxford

Who can relate?
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Easily one of our favourite books read till date! @TrevorNoah's #BornACrime is a perfect blend of humour and sentiment. It's ode to his mum, and a must read!
https://t.co/W7Ickkv8iw

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Where are your dear men poems?
https://t.co/4GqZPRNopB

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The focal point of Edugyan's story, instead, explores the complexity of defining self post-bondage. #WashingtonBlack
https://t.co/O1plbPsE8t

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If there is a short story collection every (South) #African needs to read, this is it: Footprints In The Quag: Stories & Dialogues From Soweto by #MiriamTlali.
https://t.co/CZF10gGbiV

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Some mothers try to flatten their daughters, make them fold themselves away and subdue the bright flames of their personality by convincing them that the world needs them to be less.
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[Temitayo @writewithtayo]

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