Congratulations to Michael Afolayan. I tried to buy the book online, was unsuccessful. I am sure it will be a good read. I love African coming of age stories. I feel deprived though, as an African who hada joyous chikdhood in Africa surrounded by iPhones, iPads, teddy bears and fast wifi, I have trouble relatkng to pictures of bare footed little boys draging wailing chickens to slaughter!
Congrats again! I shall read, ma worry!
Ikhide
------ Original message------
From: Toyin Falola
Date: Sat, Sep 5, 2015 4:20 PM
To: Yoruba Affairs;dialogue;
Subject:USA Africa Dialogue Series - Pan-African University Press: Fate of Our Mothers by Michael Afolayan
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment