Cassava Republic
Today I came across Cassava Republic (run by Bibi and Jeremy), a new publishing house promoting and providing quality fiction (and some select non-fiction) to the Nigerian and West African market. The main aim is to provide access to affordable books in the region. This really sounds good. If you are a writer or have a manuscript to publish, I recommend you start a dialogue with Cassava Republic.
Also very pleased to see Teju Cole will be publishing his new book, The Return, after reading his amazing blog earlier this year.
I finished reading Graceland by Chris Abani. A reminder of how much of American culture Nigeria has embraced.
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@ Graceland,
ya think? I didn’t like it much. It felt more like a reminder of how far removed expatriate Nigerians are from what is truly Nigeria. The description of the slums was perfect, but an Elvis impersonator in Lagos? I think not.
Tori, I think the Elvis impersonator was extreme however was required to put things into perspective. I think it’s unfair to penalise Chris Abani for using Elvis. it was mostly in the first chapter, which was essential to provide a background to the book.
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