In her interview with Guardian Life magazine, award-winning author and organiser of Ake Books and Art Festival Lola Shoneyin discussed the inspiration behind her debut novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. According to Shoneyin, the major inspiration behind her critically acclaimed novel was a story she heard when she was only 14 years old. Her brother’s girlfriend had told her about a story which, among other things, eventually encouraged her to tell a story. I just wanted to write that story and look at how our perceptions are changing as Nigerians, as Africans. In case you missed the behind-the-scenes video of our cover subject for today, you can watch it below.

Source: The Guardian November 26, 2017 06:00 UTC