Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Pan-African University Press: Fate of Our Mothers by Michael Afolayan

Many congratulations, Michael. We -- particularly our children -- need these kinds of stories. I will be ordering a copy.

Ugo 

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On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Segun Ogungbemi <seguno2013@gmail.com> wrote:

A huge congratulation to Prof. Afolayan. I will get a copy to read. 

Ogun agbe yin o. Aase. 

Prof. Segun Ogungbemi

On Sep 5, 2015, at 9:18 PM, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

Dr. Michael Afolayan has released his memoir

http://panafricanuniversitypress.com/publications/

Fate of Our Mothers is the first in the series of the author's narrative of the assorted experiences that exemplify the first twenty years of his life. The story does not follow the orthodoxy of systematic chronicling that often characterizes traditional memoirs. Rather, for the most part, the author verbally renders to his own four children, who are born and raised in America, a sporadic reflection of his childhood upbringing in a far away village of Oke-Awo, Aba Iresi in southwestern Nigeria. He describes the rustic simplicity of a Yoruba village life, the beauty of living under the roof and compound of a caring father, two relentlessly hardworking mothers, ten siblings, many relatives, and a countless number of extended family members and non-relatives. 

Toyin Falola

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The University of Texas at Austin

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