In honour of World Jollof Rice Day which was celebrated this week- 22 August, 2016- and because Africans are serious foodies, here’s a fun game we played on our book club’s Whatsapp chat group!

Felix: So let’s play a game

Felix: In honor of World Jollof Day

Felix: Insert Jollof into the title of a book you love

Felix: And let the sentence make sense!

Felix: Mention the author too

Felix: So I will start

Felix: Jollof Boys by Eghosa Imasuen

Dante: Jollof Is Not To Blame by Ola Rotimi

Felix: Purple Jollof by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Felix: 😂😂😂😂

Ax: Purple Jollof by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Oyin: Every Thing Jollof Will Come – Sefi Atta

Felix: I did that already

Ax: I didn’t see…. Thief…. It was an obvious choice

Isabel: Captivated by Jollof by Sylvia day

Izu: Jollof Of The People by Chinua Achebe

Ibioju: Jollof on a Tuesday by Elnathan John

 Adoks: Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Jollof

Felix: 🙌🙌🙌

Izu: Da Vinci’s Jollof by Dan Brown

April: We Need New Jollof

Felix: Happiness like Jollof by Chinelo Okparanta

Felix: The Joys of Jollof by Buchi Emecheta

Adoks: Jollof on the Nile – Agatha Christie

 Izu: A Song of Jollof and Ice – R.R. Martin

Dante: Jollof Rice Is Not To Blame By Ola Rotimi”. This could make a great title today. If you come across a book titled this, would you buy/read it?

Felix: It will be satire most likely

Dante: I wanna read this

Ibioju: The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money And Jollof

Adoks: Jollof & Peace – Tolstoy

Dante: A Song Of Jollof And Meat

Isabel: Lmao

Felix: Jollofless Night by Femi Oloidi

Oyin: A Man of The Jollof – Chinua Achebe

Oyin: A Long Walk to Jollof – Nelson Mandela

Izu: The Last Jollof ~ Mario Puzo

Felix: The Audacity of Jollof

Felix: By you know who

Felix: Living Jollof by Mama the Mama (our collective name for the bad ass that is Hilary Clinton)

Adoks: Abi the Jollof Of Hope 😂

Izu: I yaff do dis

Adoks: The Art Of The Jollof – Donald Trump

Felix: I just lost my appetite

Izu: Jollof of No Nation ~ Uzodinma Iweala

Dante: Love Is Jollof or Something Like That by Igoni Barrett

Felix: 🙌🙌🙌

Felix: Black Jollof

Felix: Igoni too

Adoks: Guns, Jollof & Steel – Jared Diamond

Isabel: Angels and Jollof by Dan brown

 Adoks: A Brief History of Jollof – Stephen Hawking

Felix: Bitter Sweet; My Jollof With Segun By Remi Obasanjo 🙌🙌

Adoks: Mehn I wanna be a Jollof Gatsby. Sounds awesome.

Felix: Bitter Jollof by Chioma Okereke

Oyin: Jollof and Prejudice – Jane Austen

Ibioju: The Jollof House – John Le Carre

Adoks: 🙇🙇🙇

Isabel: The Jollof Games

Jideonwo: In the Light of Jollof by Abdrushin

Oyin: Now I really want Jollof rice

Jideonwo: There was a Jollof by Achebe

Oyin: Emmm Jide, have you read that?

Jideonwo: Yep

Oyin: Are you a grail messenger?

Felix: I was going to ask if he was a grail person

Jideonwo: Nah. I’m a free thinker

Adoks: The Jollof Manager – John LeCarré

Wendelyn: Lol I’m blogging this conversation, sorry it’s just too yummy to ignore! Nice one ‘Lix.xx

 Adoks: Jollof Manifesto – Marx

 Felix: 🙌🙌🙌🙌

 Isabel: In Biafra, Jollof Died 😐

Jideonwo: New school Jollof by Osei Yaw Ababio

Ax: Lol…. Good one

Felix: 😂😂😂

Oroma: The Jollof – John Grisham

 Izu: LoL! Isabel stole that from my head

Adoks: Blasphemy. Jollof no dey die!

Ibioju: Yellow Jellof ~ Kaine Agary

Adoks: “Do Androids Dream Of Electric Jollof?” – Phillip K Dick

Felix: Their Jollof Was Watching God

Felix: Zora Neale Hurston

 Ibioju: 😃

  Izu: Why Always Jollof ~ Mario Balotelli

Felix: 😂😂😂

Oroma: The Jollof of Substance – Barbara Taylor Bradford

 Felix: Hollywood Jollof Jackie collins

Adoks: “Waiting For Jollof” -Samuel Beckett

Isabel: 😂😂😂😂

Jideonwo: Abeg make I focus on my work before I will be sacked by Jollof C Rice

Isabel: My Jollof, My Damage

Oyin: Abeg me sef, let me face my work biko

Izu: Jollof Falls Apart – Chinua Achebe

Felix: Chai! Was going to write that

Isabel: Jollof will never fall apart in Jesus’ name!

Isabel: Lord Of The Jollof – JRR Tolkien OR William Golding

Felix: Amen

Izu: The Trouble With Jollof – Chinua Achebe

Adoks: AMEN

Isabel: Half of a yellow Jollof by chimamanda

Izu: Lmao

Jideonwo: Songs of Jollof by King Solomon

Izu: Facts About Jollof – Olisah Leo

Isabel: In pursuit of Jollof by Myles Munroe

Felix: Don’t spoil my appetite abeg

Ibioju: Lol

Isabel: 😂😂

Izu: Jollof No Dey Carry Last – Pius Adesammi

Isabel: A Bit Of Jollof By Sefi Atta

Ibioju: The Witch, the Wizard And Jollof

Felix: This is one of the best 🙌🙌

Izu: …. we still never taya 😂😂

Wendelyn: Sex & the Jollof- Candace Bushnell

Wendelyn: I think we should vote for the best title and give a prize

Felix: I give the best to Izu

Izu: One Day I Will Write About This Jollof – Binyavanga Wainaina

Felix: Jollof No dey carry last

Felix: Its very Nigerian and hilarious

Tami Book Club: Eat that jollof! – Brian Tracey👈🙈😬😂😂

 Tami Book Club: The Secret Jollof of Baba Segi’s Wives – Lola Shoneyin

Naeto: Haha

 Naeto: Love this!

 Obi ❤️: The Enchanted Jollof – Enid Blyton

Naeto: Singing & Singing & Getting Merry like Jollof- Maya Angelou

Naeto: All God’s Children Need Travelling Jollof- Maya Angelou

Oyin: Nice ones @Naeto! Love love Maya

Obi ❤️: Nice one

Bux: The Thing Around Your Jellof- Chimamanda Adichie

Felix: Please it’s Jollof

Felix: Not Jellof

Felix: Don’t blaspheme please

…The Banter Continues…