Thematic Contemporaneity, Plot Dexterity or Universal Characters? A Critical Review of Igba Ogbole's "Matilda"

Essay from the year 2024 in the subject African Studies - Literature, Ahmadu Bello University, language: English, abstract: This book review is an introduction to Igba Ogbole's latest novel, "Matilda". The review highlights numerous striking features that make the novel one of the unputdownables. Igba Ogbole’s "Matilda" is a harrowing, yet absorbing and compelling Bildungsroman that chronicles,...