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A poll was conducted for all books that were reviewed on ImageNations from July to September 2009 and which had ratings of 4.5 or higher. In all nine (9) books excluding a book on poetry, Dimples on the Sand , by Henry Ajumeze and a non-fiction political book, Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy , by David Rooney were selected. The poll closed today October 16, 2009 at two o'clock GMT. In all there were fourteen votes and Half of a Yellow Sun won with 60% of the votes. This was followed by P urple Hibiscus , which won 21% and Two Thousand Seasons (14%). There were two collection of short stories: The Thing Around Your Neck (7%) and Mr. Happy and the Hammer of God (7%). NOVEL Half of a Yellow Sun is ImageNations' Book of the Quarter. Half of a Yellow Sun is Adichie's second novel following Purple Hibiscus . It tells of the human side of the Biafra war. The novel won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2007.  Click to read my review of Half of a Yellow Sun . Bri...

For other categories, see Review This lists alphabetically books reviewed on ImageNations beginning with the author's surname. -A- Abrahams, Peter:  Mine Boy Acheampong, Sophia: Growing Yams in London Acheamong, Sophia: Ipods in Accra Achebe, Chinua:  Anthills of the Savannah Achebe, Chinua:  A Man of the People Achebe, Chinua:  Arrow of God Achebe, Chinua (Co-Editor):  Contemporary African Short Stories Achebe, Chinua:  No Longer At Ease Achebe, Chinua:  Things Fall Apart Achebe, Chinua:  The Trouble with Nigeria Adagha, Ovo: The Plantation Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi:  Half of a Yellow Sun Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi:  Purple Hibiscus Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi:  The Thing Around Your Neck   Agambila, G.A.: Journey Agualusa, Jose Eduardo:  The Book of Chameleons Agyei-Agyiri, Alex:  Unexpected Joy at Dawn Aidoo, Ama Ata:  Changes Aidoo, Ama Ata: Diplomatic Pounds and Other Stories ...

Ever since I listened to Chimamanda 's Dangers of a Single Story , I have mentioned and referred to it several times. I refer to it any time people try to stereotype others; anytime people try to define others using lexical and imagistic  clichés . However, due to the recent upsurge in negative reportage from mainstream media, such as CNN  - which are suppose to know best - and smaller outlets like  motherboard , I think it is high time I posted it here on my blog, rather than referring people to it, which I am not certain they would actually open it. Some colleague bloggers, Obed Sarpong and Edward Tagoe , have responded to this reportage. The story has several inaccuracies but these had already been pointed out by these two bloggers. I would want to tackle the mere idea of leaving ones country with a prejudiced mind to have confirmed what one has heard and seen much too often on the news and in the newspapers. To do this, I would kindly employ, at least virtually, the...

This list excludes single stories. Single stories are uncollected short stories published in magazines, blogs, online newspapers, and other places. It is believed that such stories would be collected by author and later 'formally' published, hence their exclusion. -2000 to 2009- A Heart to Mend :  Myne Whitman African Agenda : Camynta Baezie Amazulu :  Walton Golightly As the Crow Flies :  Veronique Tadjo Atonement:  Ian McEwan Before I Forget:  Andre Brink The Best American Short Stories 2004 : Lorrie Moore (editor) Big Bishop Roko and the Altar Gangsters : Kojo Laing The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable :  Nassim Nicholas Taleb Bloodlines : Veronica Henry (Editor) The Book Thief : Markus Zusak The Book of Chameleons:   Jose Eduardo Agualusa The Book of Not:  Tsitsi Dangarembga Cloth Girl : Marilyn Heward Mills The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time:   Mark Haddon Cut off my Tongue : Sitawa Nawal...

For other years and categories, see Review This list includes books and single stories read in 2009. Previously, this list was organised according to reviews so that a book read in the previous year and reviewed in the current year will be found here. However, this system has been reviewed to reflect only 2009 reads and nothing more and further categorised into months. Note that Single Stories are indicated by SS in brackets. A Single Story is a short story that was not read as part of an anthology or was not part of an anthology at the time of read. These SS are shortlisted short-stories like those for the Caine Prize or are from magazines and other websites. JUNE: Faceless  by Amma Darko Harmattan Rain  by Ayesha Harruna Attah No Easy Walk to Freedom  by Nelson Mandela JULY: Not Without Flowers  by Amma Darko African Agenda  by Camynta Baezie How we Buried Puso  by Morabo Morojele Dreams from my Father ...