Falola’s Milestones in African Literature

By Olayinka Oyegbile The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading – David Bailey (A review of Milestones in African Literature, Toyin Falola, Routledge, 2025) At a first look, the title of the book Milestones in African Literature looks queer. You ask yourself what is this about? However, […]


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