Fiction
Do Not Say It's Not Your Country
by Nnamdi Oguike
Description
Do Not Say It's Not Your Country is filled with fascinating characters: a South African woman and her children crowding an iron shack in Blikkiesdorp; a Madagascan slum boy who gets a job as a cook in Antananarivo; a shy Sierra Leonean girl who falls in love with a sly fisherman; a wily Nigerian prophet whose tricks are exposed; a Kenyan couple back in their old ways after confirmation in church – and many more. With themes such as love and innocence, terrorism and slavery, this brilliant book takes you on a tour of Africa and beyond, to meet more of humanity in its beauty and its pain.
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Griots Lounge owns the global publishing rights and has issued the Italian rights to Capponi Editore. Available for other regions.
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Endorsements
Winner, 2019 Miles Morland African Writing Scholarships
Shortlist, 2023 City of Como International Prize for Literature (Italian translation)
Reviews
Nigeria, homeland of the great Chinua Achebe ("Things Fall Apart"), continues to grow a thriving literature culture and to produce talented, even masterly, young writers. Nnamdi Oguike is such an example. This is a work of short stories. To me (a novelist), these are so difficult to write (and sell) that I've tried it only once to no avail. But Oguike does it beautifully. Even though the stories take place in different international settings, all are lyrical and memorable in their own way, so much so that the scenes you have visualized will recur often and linger long.
One person found this helpful. - Kwei Q.
Author Biography
Nnamdi Oguike is a Nigerian writer. He is a winner of the Miles Morland African Writing Scholarships 2019, selected as The Missing Slate’s Author of the Month for March 2016 and was a finalist in the 2018 Africa Book Club Short Story Competition. More of his writings have been published in The Dalhousie Review, African Writer and Brittle Paper. He lives in Plymouth, United Kingdom.
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- Publisher/Imprint Griots Lounge Publishing Nigeria / Griots Lounge
- Publication Date March 2019
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789789688272
- Publication Country or regionNigeria
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 13.99 USD
- Pages260
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Copyright Year2019
- Page size5.25 x 8 inches (5.25 x 8) inches
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