Join us for an evening of fiction by two young and accomplished Nigerian writers. Obioma, who has lived in Cyprus and Turkey in addition to his native Nigeria and adopted America, has set his first novel in Akure, Nigeria, in the 1990s. Recounted by the youngest of four brothers who encounter a madman while out fishing, the story explores the ramifications of the prophecy that one brother will be killed by another.
The second novel by the award-winning author of Voice of America is a rich treasure-house of stories. Osondu shows the range and versatility of his storytelling ability by deploying a full complement of myths, fables, and superstitions, along with a frame narrative and elements reminiscent of a Greek chorus, to evoke the complex life of a 21st-century African community.
