"Digital technology is poised to save Africa's stories from the comatose printing presses of Africa's "publishers." Good writers still languish in Africa, staring at lovely stories trapped in the mediocrity of imitation books but all that is changing. E-books are here for African writers who are savvy enough to port their books to the Kindle or the Nook and share with the world. It is a good thing. I have been buying and downloading books by writers living the living in Nigeria, warts and all. I am happy because now I can read many more of our stories than ever before. The Internet has been a boon to our literature. Why do I like reading books by writers "on the ground" in Nigeria as they say? I pine for the stories of our people unvarnished."
Read the rest of my review of Eghosa Imasuen's Fine Boys here.
- Ikhide
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