5 Favourites, Riley Herbet-Henry

This week’s reviewer is Riley Herbert-Henry from South Africa. Riley is a book reviewer from Cape Town who explores contemporary fiction and nonfiction, with a focus on African and diasporic voices on his account @reimaginelit.

Through thoughtful engagement with books, he explores how stories reframe history, identity, and possibility, inviting readers to reimagine literature as a living, questioning practice.

Here are his 5 Favourites:

1. Braids and Migraines by Andile Cele
2. The Nicotine Gospel by Sven Axelrad
3. A Mouth Full of Salt by Reem Gaffar
4. And So I Roar by Abi Dare
5. Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah