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Ladies of LoreMami Wata: Between Waves and WorldsI am so sorry for the microphone quality not being amazing this episode! Your girl was riding the struggle bus with it this week. Thank you for listening nonetheless! I'm really excited to be highlighting Black mythology all throughout February, this week we're kicking it off by diving into the water and learning all about Mami Wata, the African water deity known for her beauty, generosity and potential for destruction. Cool Stuff Mentioned In This Episode: https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/mamiwata/intro.htmlhttps://www.nms.ac...2025-02-0542 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 157: Buy the Book with Eghosa ImasuenGreetings Glocal Citizens!
This week is a flashback to October 2022 when I spent a weekend with writers at the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. I met Nigerian writer and cofounder of Narrative Landscape Press Limited, Dr. Eghosa Imasuen at the first panel I attended, “Can the African Book Industry Thrive?” For Eghosa the answer must be yes, especially as a firm that believes that owning the means of production is essential to a vibrant publishing industry. Narrative Landscapes Press is committed to more than simply printing physical books they also bring editorial and book design expertise to the f...2023-01-1059 min
New Books in African StudiesEghosa Imasuen, "Fine Boys: A Novel" (Ohio UP, 2021)In Fine Boys: A Novel (Ohio University Press, 2021), Ewaen is a Nigerian teenager, bored at home in Warri and eager to flee from his parents’ unhappy marriage and incessant quarreling. When Ewaen is admitted to the University of Benin, he makes new friends who, like him, are excited about their newfound independence. They hang out in parking lots, trading gibes in pidgin and English and discovering the pleasures that freedom affords them. But when university strikes begin and ruthlessly violent confraternities unleash mayhem on their campus, Ewaen and his new friends must learn to adapt—or risk becoming the confras...2022-02-221h 28
New Books in LiteratureEghosa Imasuen, "Fine Boys: A Novel" (Ohio UP, 2021)In Fine Boys: A Novel (Ohio University Press, 2021), Ewaen is a Nigerian teenager, bored at home in Warri and eager to flee from his parents’ unhappy marriage and incessant quarreling. When Ewaen is admitted to the University of Benin, he makes new friends who, like him, are excited about their newfound independence. They hang out in parking lots, trading gibes in pidgin and English and discovering the pleasures that freedom affords them. But when university strikes begin and ruthlessly violent confraternities unleash mayhem on their campus, Ewaen and his new friends must learn to adapt—or risk becoming the confras...2022-02-221h 28
The Ohio University Press PodcastEghosa Imasuen, "Fine Boys: A Novel" (Ohio UP, 2021)In Fine Boys: A Novel (Ohio University Press, 2021), Ewaen is a Nigerian teenager, bored at home in Warri and eager to flee from his parents’ unhappy marriage and incessant quarreling. When Ewaen is admitted to the University of Benin, he makes new friends who, like him, are excited about their newfound independence. They hang out in parking lots, trading gibes in pidgin and English and discovering the pleasures that freedom affords them. But when university strikes begin and ruthlessly violent confraternities unleash mayhem on their campus, Ewaen and his new friends must learn to adapt—or risk becoming the confras...2022-02-221h 28
The Bookworm's Podcast'Fine Boys' Book Review (Spoilers Free)Fine Boys was written by EGHOSA IMASUEN. An African Novel. Genre: Fiction. Published date: March 5, 2016.2020-12-1415 min
The stories we tellEghosa Imasuen on teaching writing, the importance of craft and recognizing mistakesOn this episode, Nicole speaks to Nigerian writer, Eghosa Imasuen. They discuss his transition from medicine to writing and how his life experiences shaped him into the writer he is today.2020-08-0649 min
The Overthinker PodcastIsolation Diaries 05 - Book RecommendationsIn this week's episode of Isolation Diaries, I share a few of my best reads over the years, I talk about why I love the books and have a surprise announcement at the end of the episode, you definitely have to listen till the very end of the episode to catch it.
Below are the names and authors of all the books I recommend, happy reading!
Collection of Short Stories
Love Is Power Or Something Like That by Igoni Barrett
Limbe to Lagos: Nonfiction from Cameroon and Nigeria
The Opposite of Loneliness: E...2020-05-3128 min