Blogs in July 2023

One Chance Dance 31st July 2023

Jomi’s mum left him to find their destiny in Lagos, the city of dreams. Now, Jomi and his friendly bush baby follow her to the city, where their only starting place is a TV dance competition his mum used...

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God’s Children Are Little Broken Things 23rd March 2023

In this stunning debut from one of Nigeria’s most promising young writers, the stakes of love meet a society in flux A man revisits the university campus where he lost his first love, aware now of what he couldn’t...

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The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa 10th March 2023

Fifteen-year-old Andrew Aziza lives in Kontagora, Nigeria, where his days are spent about town with his droogs, Slim and Morocca, grappling with his fantasies about white girls – especially blondes – and wondering who his father is. When he’s...

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Dazzling 31st January 2023

Soon you will become the thing all other beasts fear. Treasure and her mother lost everything when Treasure’s daddy died. Haggling for scraps in the market, Treasure meets a spirit who promises to bring her father back – but...

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A Spell of Good Things 10th January 2023

Ayòbámi Adébáyò, the Women’s Prize shortlisted author of Stay With Me, unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age,...

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