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The Conversation with Nadine MathesonSummer Rewind with Dorothy Koomson, Amen Alonge and Leye Adenle - Crime Writers SpecialSend us a textWhile The Conversation takes a short summer break, I’ll be sharing fan-favourite episodes from Season Three, along with brilliant conversations from Page One: The Writer’s Podcast. Season Four returns in September until then, enjoy the rewind!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Four powerful voices in crime fiction unite in this captivating Black History Month - Crime Writers special that peels back the curtain on writing, representation, and resilience. Dorothy Koomson (celebrating 21 years in publishing with 21 books), Amen Alonge (author of the Pretty Boy series), and Leye Adenle (creator of the Amaka Thri...
2025-08-071h 07
LesartNeue Krimis: "Spur des Geldes" von Leye AdenleHartl, Sonja www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart
2025-06-2704 min
Tokunbo: Conversations with Nigerian Storytellers in the DiasporaEpisode 4: Leye Adenle in Conversation with Jola NaibiSend us a textLeye Adenle is a writer and coach who is best known as one of Nigeria’s foremost contemporary crime thriller writers. He created the Amaka Mbadiwe series of books which includes Easy Motion Tourist, When Trouble Sleeps, and Unfinished Business. His short story, The House, was recently published in Lolwe Literary Magazine. In this conversation with Jola Naibi, for the Tokunbo Podcast Series, he talks about his unique origin story as a writer and how he br...
2025-04-071h 14
Le Polar sonne toujours 2 fois"Tout va bien se passer" : Leye Adenle nous plonge au cœur du Nigeriadurée : 00:04:18 - Le Polar sonne toujours 2 fois - par : Michel ABESCAT - Le roman noir est bien souvent un miroir de nos sociétés. Ainsi, le dernier livre du Nigérian Leye Adenle nous raconte avec beaucoup de justesse son pays. Il nous décrit la capitale Lagos, il explore la corruption qui règne au Nigéria.
2025-03-2704 min
We'd Like A Word27. Peter James & Tina Payne at Chiltern Kills crime fest 202427. Peter James & Tina Payne at the Chiltern Kills crime writing festival 2024: We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan hear from Peter James, the bestselling author of the Roy Grace detective series, and also from new crime fiction sensation Tina Payne aka TM Payne. And lots more from the 2024 Chiltern Kills festival in Gerrards Cross, just 20 minutes from London Marylebone. The next Chiltern Kills will be on Saturday 4th October 2025, with all ticket sales in aid of the Centrepoint charity combatting youth homelessness. Please join us.
Peter James talks about his latest instalment, One Of Us...
2024-12-0242 min
The Conversation with Nadine MathesonCrime Writers Special: Dorothy Koomson, Amen Alonge & Leye AdenleSend us a textWelcome to a special bonus episode of The Conversation. This episode which is also available to watch on YouTube celebrates Black History Month and Black crime writers. Join us as we bring together the brilliant minds of Dorothy Koomson, Amen Alonge and Leye Adenle for a conversation that's as enlightening as it is entertaining. Dorothy shares her fascinating journey from crafting romantic comedies to weaving emotional thrillers, while Amen reveals how a lifelong passion for crime fiction ignited his writing career and Leye adds an extra layer of intrigue, reflecting on...
2024-11-011h 06
Feel: This Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook For Book-Lovers.Unfinished Business by Leye AdenlePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706774to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unfinished Business
Series: #3 of Amaka
Author: Leye Adenle
Narrator: Akin Omotoso
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes
Release date: September 3, 2024
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Dead pastors. Corrupt government officials. And over 100 million dollars unaccounted for. Amaka is back in this electrifying third instalment in the Amaka Thrillers series.A frantic phone call interrupts Amaka Mbadiwe’s new life in London. A renowned pastor has been assassinated in his hotel room while one of her girls, Funke, hides naked and terrified inside a sofa. Amaka is headed back to Lagos, and...
2024-09-039h 29Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseUnfinished Business by Leye AdenlePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706774to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unfinished Business
Series: #3 of Amaka
Author: Leye Adenle
Narrator: Akin Omotoso
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes
Release date: September 3, 2024
Genres: Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Dead pastors. Corrupt government officials. And over 100 million dollars unaccounted for. Amaka is back in this electrifying third instalment in the Amaka Thrillers series.A frantic phone call interrupts Amaka Mbadiwe’s new life in London. A renowned pastor has been assassinated in his hotel room while one of her girls, Funke, hides naked and terrified inside a sofa. Amaka is headed back to Lagos, and...
2024-09-039h 29
Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseUnfinished Business by Leye AdenlePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfinished Business Series: #3 of Amaka Author: Leye Adenle Narrator: Akin Omotoso Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 3, 2024 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Dead pastors. Corrupt government officials. And over 100 million dollars unaccounted for. Amaka is back in this electrifying third instalment in the Amaka Thrillers series.A frantic phone call interrupts Amaka Mbadiwe’s new life in London. A renowned pastor has been assassinated in his hotel room while one of her girls, Funke, hides naked and terrified inside a sofa. Amaka is headed back to Lag...
2024-09-0305 min
MQR SoundSpring 2024 | Leye Adenle Reads "The House of Oluawo"Leye Adenle reads "The House of Oluawo" from MQR's Spring 2024 special issue African Writing: A Partial Cartography of Provocations, guest edited by Chris Abani.
2024-05-2305 minWe'd Like A Word16. Chiltern Kills crime writing festival with Frederick Forsyth16. Chiltern Kills crime writing festival with Frederick Forsyth & many more top authors: Thriller writing icon Frederick Forsyth tells We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan about his legacy & his first ever appearance at a literary festival in this one-part episode. It was recorded (mostly) live at the Chiltern Kills festival in Gerrards Cross in October 2023. All ticket sales went to the Centrepoint charity combating youth homelessness.
The Chiltern Kills festival is organised by Paul Waters & fellow author Tony Kent - who also features in this episode. & whose next thriller, The Shadow Network, is out in...
2023-12-291h 02
Bants With NazaThe Easy Motion Tourist EpisodeI talk about lifing from February to May, NYSC, Tech skills and a book titled Easy Motion Tourist by Leye Adenle
2022-05-1215 min
My Lit AdventureEpisode 3 - Easy Motion TouristIn this episode, I explore the enigma that is Lagos as I review Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist. Enjoy! Follow the podcast on Instagram at @mylit.adventure 💛
2022-01-1508 min
NerdGang NGOf Godfathers, Rigging Elections and Criminal lynching: When Trouble Sleeps by Leye AdenleThis episode explores the aspects of godfatherism in Nigerian politics using the book when trouble sleeps by Leye Adenle a sequel to our previous read Easy Motion Tourist.
2021-06-1326 minNerdGang NGOf oldest professions, Ritual killings, Activists and Foreigners: Easy Motion Tourist by Leye AdenleThis episode digs deep into the book easy motion tourist which derived its title from the song easy motion tourist by fatai rolling dollar and his band. The book explores criminality deep in the city of Lagos, armed robbery, ritual killings and corruption.
2021-06-0629 min
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookWhen Trouble Sleeps Audiobook by Leye AdenleListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 424775
Title: When Trouble Sleeps
Author: Leye Adenle
Narrator: Tony Tambi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:45:10
Language: English
Release date: 06-01-21
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, General
Summary:
Amaka Mbadiwe returns in this gripping sequel to the award-winning Easy Motion Tourist, and trouble isnt far behind her. The self-appointed saviour of Lagos sex workers, Amaka may have bitten off more than she can chew this time as she finds herself embroiled in a political scandal. When a plane crash kills the state gubernatorial candidate, the party picks a replacement...
2021-06-017h 45
Queen Raffy's SpaceBook Discussions - When Trouble SleepsWhen Trouble Sleeps by Leye Adenle is the sequel to the book I talked about on the last episode of book discussions which you can listen to via https://www.podpage.com/queen-raffys-space/book-discussions-easy-motion-tourist. The Sequel is also a crime thriller that leaves you feeling like you just watched an action movie. Do Listen in...
2021-01-1304 min
Queen Raffy's SpaceBook Discussions - Easy Motion TouristEasy Motion Tourist is an award-winning crime thriller set n Lagos, Nigeria, and written by Leye Adenle. This book is writing in such a fast-paced way that makes it quite the page-turner. In this episode of Book Discussions, I talk about why you should read this book and include it on your must-read list fr the year 2021. Do listen in...
2021-01-0804 min
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookEasy Motion Tourist Audiobook by Leye AdenleListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 424783
Title: Easy Motion Tourist
Author: Leye Adenle
Narrator: Tony Tambi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:32:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-08-20
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, General
Summary:
Guy Collins, a British hack, is hunting for an election story in Lagos. A decision to check out a local bar in Victoria Island ends up badly - a mutilated female body is discarded close by and Collins is picked up as a suspect. In the murk of a hot, groaning and bloody police station cell, Collins fears the worst. But...
2020-12-088h 32
The Something Bookish PodcastEp 8: 11 Unforgettable Fictional Characters From BooksAmyn shares some of her most memorable fictional characters from books. She also tries to get high from second-hand cannabis smoke. Books Mentioned Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to The Sun by Sarah Manyika Ladipo Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Queenie by Candice Carty Williams When Trouble Sleeps by Leye Adenle
2020-07-1428 min
Something BookishEp 8: 11 Unforgettable Fictional Characters From BooksAmyn shares some of her most memorable fictional characters from books. She also tries to get high from second-hand cannabis smoke.
Books Mentioned
Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to The Sun by Sarah Manyika Ladipo
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Queenie by Candice Carty Williams
When Trouble Sleeps by Leye Adenle
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Girl In...
2020-07-1428 min
A Readers' CommunityEternal Space for Discovery with Rémy NgamijeIn this week’s episode, we speak to Rémy Ngamije, the Rwandan-born Namibian author of 'The Eternal Audience of One', about his meteoric rise from being an unpublished writer to a star on the African literary scene in less than a year, and we hear book recommendations from Book Lounge staff.
Unathi recommends ‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas and Luami enjoyed ‘Toe Ons Oneindig Was’ by Zelda Bezuidenhout. Mervyn talks about ‘Brutal School Ties’ by Sam Cowen. Rémy’s list of authors is: Kalaf Epalanga, Ondjaki, Maaza Mengiste, Zukiswa Wanner, Mohale Mashigo, Nozizwe Cynthia Jele, Masande Ntshanga, Bisi Adj...
2020-07-0230 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 25: Three C’s - Corruption, Crime and Coaching with Leye AdenleGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week we have a refreshing conversation with Nigerian author, Leye Adenle. Leye (pronounced Leye, not Leia like in Princes Leia) has written a number of short stories under his own name, and over a hundred satirical pieces under various other appropriated names. His writing has appeared in publications such as the Big Issue, and he has written and recorded pieces for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service. He is the winner of the first ever Prix Marianne in 2016. Leye has also appeared on stage in London in plays including Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Go...
2020-06-0951 min
Saturday LiveJim Kerr of Simple Minds, Lloyd Grossman, Atoosa Sepehr, Leye Adenle, Paula Moulton, Gary LynessSinger songwriter Jim Kerr of Simple Minds talks about his love of walking in deserts and mountains, sustaining friendships over decades and his pop career.Atoosa Sepehr shares recipes from her cook book Persian Kitchen - authentic recipes and fabulous flavours from Iran - and talks about growing up in Iran & Italy.Nigerian crime fiction writer Leye Adenle reveals how "sunshine noir" authors are fighting back against the dominance of Nordic Noir.Gold medal-winning wheelchair dance duo Paula Moulton & Gary Lyness discuss their partnership representing Britain in international competition and how they're encouraging...
2018-08-251h 24
Not Your African ClichéNYAC S3 E12: I'm Going Through ChangesGet philosophical with us! On this episode we reflect on change as it relates to ourselves and other people. Do people change or do we have fixed selves? We explore how we’ve changed physically, mentally, spiritually and financially, amongst other ways. We also discuss why people are obsessed with and often reluctant to change.
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Reading:
Leye Adenle’s Easy Motion Tourist
Watching:
Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther
Listening:
Praiz’ 2 mins (EP)
Ric Hassani’s Believe Extended Remix Feat Falz & Olamide
Black Panther Soundtrack Album
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Episode was mixed by Ifeoluwa Olokode. Theme song is Ayo by Femi Leye
2018-02-2700 min
2017: SkrywersfeesFROM LAGOS TO CAPE TOWN – WHEN A CITY BECOMES
A PARTNER IN CRIMEDeon Meyer (Koors, Ikarus), Mike Nicol (Staatsrotte/Agents of the State) and acclaimed Nigerian crime writer Leye Adenle (Easy Motion Tourist, Lady Lagos) chat to Thys Human about the roles their home towns play in plotting their crime.
2017-03-091h 02
Not Your African ClichéNYAC S1 E15: Promoting African LiteratureIn our last episode of the season, we sat down with the founder of Brittle Paper, Ainehi Edoro, and talked about the origin and evolution of her online literary platform. We also discussed what African Literature means to each of us, the challenges it's currently facing and our hopes for its growth.
Resources:
• http://brittlepaper.com/2015/10/lesotho-stepping-frosty-fairytale-moso-victor-sematlane-african-erotica/
• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/opinion/sunday/african-books-for-western-eyes.html?_r=0
• http://brittlepaper.com/2016/03/lauren-beukes-book/
• http://www.snarksquad.com/
What we are currently watching/reading/listening to:
• Igoni Barrett's Love is Power, Or Something like That
• Ken Saro-Wiwa's Sozaboy
• Sarah Manyika's Like A Mule Bringing Ice-cream To T...
2016-07-0400 min
Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2016: Imagining African FuturesContributor(s): Leye Adenle, Jennifer Makumbi, Chibundu Onuzo | Western media reports that ‘Africa is Rising’ and a new middle class is emerging on the continent to transform political and economic systems. More sober stories from Mali, Northern Nigeria and Kenya reinforce earlier gloomy impressions and claim that Africa is not rising for all. Both optimistic and pessimistic accounts remain stubbornly dominated by outside voices. What do African writers and thinkers really think about the future? Leye Adenle (@LeyeAdenle) is an actor and writer. He has written a number of short stories and flash fiction pieces, including The Assassination. His forthcoming nove...
2016-02-241h 29Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2016: Imagining African FuturesContributor(s): Leye Adenle, Jennifer Makumbi, Chibundu Onuzo | Western media reports that ‘Africa is Rising’ and a new middle class is emerging on the continent to transform political and economic systems. More sober stories from Mali, Northern Nigeria and Kenya reinforce earlier gloomy impressions and claim that Africa is not rising for all. Both optimistic and pessimistic accounts remain stubbornly dominated by outside voices. What do African writers and thinkers really think about the future? Leye Adenle (@LeyeAdenle) is an actor and writer. He has written a number of short stories and flash fiction pieces, including The Assassination. His forthcoming nove...
2016-02-241h 29