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Sisterhood and a Fractured Marriage: A Review of Yejide Kilanko’s “In Our Own Ways”

Although In Our Own Ways is ostensibly about class and a fractured marriage, the enduring power of sisterhood lies at the centre of the story. By Azubuike Obi Some novels are quiet and contemplative, allowing language to carry and convey their message; others are loud, sometimes melodramatic in disp

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Sisterhood and a Fractured Marriage: A Review of Yejide Kilanko’s “In Our Own Ways”

Although In Our Own Ways is ostensibly about class and a fractured marriage, the enduring power of sisterhood lies at the centre of the story. By Azubuike Obi Some novels are quiet and contemplative, allowing language to carry and convey their message; others are loud, sometimes melodramatic in disp

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Sisterhood and a Fractured Marriage: A Review of Yejide Kilanko’s “In Our Own Ways”

Although In Our Own Ways is ostensibly about class and a fractured marriage, the enduring power of sisterhood lies at the centre of the story. By Azubuike Obi Some novels are quiet and contemplative, allowing language to carry and convey their message; others are loud, sometimes melodramatic in disp

· 25 MAY 2026
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Sisterhood and a Fractured Marriage: A Review of Yejide Kilanko’s “In Our Own Ways”

Although In Our Own Ways is ostensibly about class and a fractured marriage, the enduring power of sisterhood lies at the centre of the story. By Azubuike Obi Some novels are quiet and contemplative, allowing language to carry and convey their message; others are loud, sometimes melodramatic in disp

· 25 MAY 2026
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The Comedian’s Diary is a sobering portrait of the capability of community in the face of one man’s underemployment and addiction. By Azubuike Obi “It begins on a blistering afternoon, the air thick with heat. A man in a white cotton shirt halts in front of my shelf”. Thus opens Obase-Sam Ikoi’s deb
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