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31/08/2024

Both print and ebook copies of my new book, Sketches of African Women, out now. Links below.

"There is a wonderful story about Pablo Picasso and a napkin and it goes something like this. An admirer on seeing Picasso at a market in Paris, went up to him and asked him to draw something for her. He agreed, picked up a napkin and sketched for about ten minutes. When he was done, she asked how much, and he said, one million francs. She flinched, exclaiming, one million francs for just ten minutes? He replied. No, you are paying for the years and years it took for me to be able to draw that in ten minutes. I am sure this is every artist's dilemma. Being measured by only what is seen and not what is unseen. Yet the unseen is so much more."

An excerpt from my new book, Sketches of African Women. Available on Amazon.

Print copy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFTWKXVF?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520

Ebook: https://a.co/d/csLNyPf

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23/08/2018

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23/08/2018

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Every Day is for The Thief by Teju Cole is an intellectual and reflective walk through Nigeria. It is a comprehensive view of how people, mostly middle to lower class, eke out a living in the face …

23/08/2018

Jude Dibia is a Nigerian author, resident in Lagos, Nigeria. He is the author of 2 published novels; Walking with Shadows, his first novel, which deals with homosexuality in Nigeria, was published in 2005 and short-listed for the ANA/NDDC Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for prose in 2006; and Unbridled, his second novel, about a woman and the abusive relationships she endures throughout her life, which won the 2007 ANA/NDDC Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for prose and was also a finalist for the Nigerian Prize for Literature 2008. [ 65 more words ]

Jude Dibia is a Nigerian author, resident in Lagos, Nigeria. He is the author of 2 published novels; Walking with Shadows, his first novel, which deals with homosexuality in Nigeria, was published…

23/08/2018

Sefi Atta is the author of two published books, Everything Good will Come and Swallow, and is currently working on her third a collection of short stories which will be published in the UK. She has written several stage and radio plays, some of which have been broadcast on BBC radio, and several short stories for which she has won awards and been short listed for others. [ 99 more words ]

Sefi Atta is the author of two published books, Everything Good will Come and Swallow, and is currently working on her third a collection of short stories which will be published in the UK. She has…