AFRICAN DETECTIVE, MYSTERY THRILLER GENRE


African Authors who have contributed in this wise over the decades include:

DILLIBE ONYEAMA
SOLA OLOYEDE
KALU OKPI
VICTOR THORPE
DAVID G. MAILLU
ANGELA MAKHOLWA
BEN MTOBWA
ADAORA LILY ULASI
LOUIS OMOTAYO JOHNSON
SUNDAY ADEBOMI
PEPETELE
DICKSON IGHAVINI
BODE SOWANDE
DIALE TLHOWE
OMOSEYE BOLAJI
LAURI KUBUITSILE


Comments

  1. RAPHAEL17 January 2020 at 04:30

    This is excitingly tentative. We look forward to more details/postings

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  2. Eric17 January 2020 at 07:00

    Yes. Tantalising stuff here, but we need more "meat" !

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  3. Eric17 January 2020 at 07:00

    Yes. Tantalising stuff here, but we need more "meat" !

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  4. KATHY23 January 2020 at 09:47

    Note the new article on this blog now, "down Memory Lane"

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  5. PAUL LOTHANE30 January 2020 at 04:59

    i do wish that I could have read authors like Sola Oloyede, Johnson - although I did read a dickson Ighavini book, the one touching on adultery !

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  6. Henry OZOGULA12 February 2020 at 04:22

    Adaora Lily Ulasi...a lady. What a pity I never read any of her books. Our African scholars must do more in projecting such work

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