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The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka, exploring the redemptive powers of love and hope LITERARY LUSTS with Donna Freed
Rosanna Amaka spent 20 years writing her haunting and powerful debut. The Book of Echoes tells the intertwining stories of Michael in Brixton and Ngozi in Nigeria. The book explores the legacy of slavery and colonialism and the dissolution of communities. Despite and partially due to devastation, hope and love emerge as powerful and poetic…
Patti Boulaye, The Faith of a Child GORGEOUS LIVES WITH JOSEPHINE PEMBROKE
Patti Boulaye, The Faith of a Child GORGEOUS LIVES WITH JOSEPHINE PEMBROKE Effervescent Patti Boulaye was the winner of the last ever ‘New Faces’ show in 1978. Patti’s incredible life started when she was born in a taxi in Nigeria, she literally fell into show business on holiday in England. And she ended up in…
Irenosen Okojie Butterfly Fish a Nigerian Novel of EPIC Proportions on Radio Gorgeous
Irenosen Okojie Butterfly Fish Podcast Length: 24:54 Butterfly Fish is a beautiful, haunting novel that weaves together the story of a young, fragile Londoner, Joy, with that of a mysterious female who reveals herself to Joy through a series of clues. Binding them together is a mysterious artefact Joy inherited from her mother,…