Interested in learning about the self publishing process? Join me and Kerubo Wall, the author of “Yana Goes to Kenya” on March 23rd @ 7pm to learn more. Come with your questions as we share our experience! 📚 • • • #SelfPub
Author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, brings such a refreshing twist to short stories. Each story interlocks with one another and provides insight into the complexities of human emotion, heritage, Nigerian culture and what it means to find yourself at home
Happy International Women’s Day! 🌍 This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity and as I consider this theme, I’d like to acknowledge “So Long A Letter” by Mariama Bâ which made me deeply think through what gender equalit
It’s giving Ama ✨ Kids know how to make your heart warm, one of the students drew this art piece once she heard I was coming to speak at her school. Loveeee it! 🇬🇭🫶🏾 • • • #AmaInGhana #bookstagram #childrensbooks
We face neither East nor West: we face forward. - Kwame Nkrumah Happy Independence Day Ghana! 🇬🇭
Last week, I got the opportunity to speak to students at Neptune Middle School about my children’s book, “Ama in Ghana” 🇬🇭 The beauty of “Ama in Ghana” is that it creates a foundation to teach on culture, language and
Story! Story! 📖 It’s a beautiful thing to see how one story can bring people together, teach another & changes perspectives. Ama in Ghana has done that. Happy Black History Month to this story and other Black stories that are making impac
I’m so privileged to have my children’s book in the hands of students from the Little Tokens Foundation. @littletokensfoundation helps promote literacy and improve the educational standards of children in underserved communities in Ghana
If there ever was a story that expressed the highest form of love, “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers should be added to the list. Enter Angel, who has endured an incredibly tough life. Rejected by her father, made an orphan, abused an
Join me on February 23rd as I speak on the ever increasing need to add more African stories to children’s literature. As an author, there was a specific reason why I aimed to release my first book in this genre. I believe there are foundational
It’s a beautiful thing to see all the places an idea might take someone. I had the privilege to share my children’s book “Ama in Ghana”and teach about Ghanaian culture with some students at Bordentown Middle School! 🇬🇭 If y
Aunite Bolu has done it again! Honey & Spice was my read on my flight out of Chicao and all I did was read this book. A BIG thank you to partner @bibliolifestyle @williammorrowbooks, for this copy. Bolu’s beautiful and engaging writing styl
My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget the sky. - Nizar Kabbani — This is truly a beautiful collection of simple yet striking love poems that ex
and the stack continues to grow… 🌱 #ohemareads
I read this book ealier in the year and it left quite an impression on me. A big shout out to @therosepetals__ for the recommendation. The subject of this reflection seems like an obvious perspective, but honestly, it was a perspective I had not co
Once in a while, I like to read something different from my usual taste in literature. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles was recommended to me by one of my colleagues and he swore to me, this was one of the best books he’s ever read. I think
Just me and my 100th post on bookstagram! The journey surely continues 😆 #ohemareads
Currently reading this debut book by British-Nigerian author Jendella Benson and so far, I can tell this book was written with lots of love. Love for family and heritage…At the center of the story is Glory Akindele, who returns to London from