We move from fact to fiction with an original and dazzling debut novel – Things They Lost (Oneworld, April 2022) by past AKO Caine Prize winner, Okwiri Oduor. The debut novel is on a roll with a moving contribution from award-winning Nigerian journalist, Abi Ishola-Ayodeji. He was subsequently released but re-arrested in September of the same year for his second book – Banana Republic: Where Writing is Treasonous. Was the transition from writing short stories to a full-length novel a difficult one? You have a two-book deal with Little A – have you considered the content of your second novel or perhaps started writing it?

Source: The North Africa Journal June 01, 2022 16:49 UTC