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Chigozie Obioma: Brothers in Arms

  • Sat 17 Aug 12:15 - 13:15
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Twice Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma’s new novel, The Road to the Country, is the story of two brothers divided during the devastating Nigerian Civil War. As they seek to reunite, their journeys become odysseys in a war-torn land. Obioma – called ‘truly the heir to Chinua Achebe’ by the New York Times – discusses his new powerful work in conversation with Allan Little.

Categories: Conflict and Resolution, Fiction

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Chigozie Obioma & Simon Sylvester (2015 Event)
Chigozie Obioma & Simon Sylvester (2015 Event)

Chigozie Obioma’s thrillingly assured debut novel The Fishermen is set in small-town Nigeria, while Simon Sylvester’s seductive debut The Visitors unfolds on a remote Scottish island. Yet despite their disparate locations, these stories are u…

Chigozie Obioma
Chigozie Obioma

‘The Fishermen first came to me as a tribute to my many brothers, and a wake-up call to a dwindling nation – Nigeria. Then it grew into something much more than that: it felt necessary.’