Thursday, July 17, 2008


Kachifo Limited, the publisher of Farafina Magazine and Farafina books, is proud to announce the release of Weaverbird, a collection of exciting new work written by Nigerians and exploring the major themes of our contemporary experience. Weaverbird is out in major bookstores and is sold at a recommended retail price of N1500.

SYNOPSIS

Weaverbird is a collection of fourteen short stories touching all aspects of Nigerian life—from the deeply personal to the overtly political. National crises like corruption and conflict in the Niger Delta are explored, but also individual experiences of love, sex and pride. Many of the stories also balance the complex interplay and contradictions between the individual and the social, so that Ayodele Ayogbami's "Shadow of Eclipse", for instance, is at once the tale of a young girl's desperate choice to sell her body and a commentary on the national condition. Other authors in the collection are bold, even provocative, in their choices: Uche Umezurike in his "A Night So Damp" confronts homosexuality, an issue most Nigerians would rather silence, and Tolu Ogunlesi writes about how corruption in Nigeria corrupts even the seemingly incorruptible.



Edited by Akin Adesokan, Ike Anya, Sarah Ladipo Manyika and Ike Oguine, Weaverbird presents a wonderfully thought-provoking body of new Nigerian writing.

Featured authors are: Ike Oguine, Adebayo Ayobami, Unoma Azuah, Khalidah Bello, Ike Okonta, Ikhide Ikheola, Mogbolahan Koya-Oyagbola, Ayodele Arigbagbu, Tolu Ogunlesi, Shylle Shonoiki, E.C Osondu, Victor Ehikhamenor, Tade Ipadeola and Uche Peter Umez.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

excellent....how do we make this book available to a wider audience ...e.g. amazon? Any possibilities...

Even in Niaja..it might be worth it listing a few bookshops where it is available...

dScR?Be said...

Farafina is on a rollllllllll

Cidersweet said...

Wow! You don't know how happy you just made me with this news! Talk about motivating! (one of the first thoughts that came to my head was: "Nigeria is working, to God be the glory")
I see a time coming when we Nigerians become known for our quality, original stories. People will look forward to reading about Nigeria, quite like the way we love to read about the American life (from burritos, nachos & sundaes to pounded yam, boli & kunu... I like food, hence the weird example :-))

Thank you for checking my blog, Laspapi! All the best.