Conversation in English with simultaneous translation in French
A series of online discussions - Virtual Gatherings - with the award-winning author Zukiswa Wanner, exploring contemporary African Literature with Femi Kayode.
Femi Kayode grew up in Nigeria. After studying clinical psychology at the University of Ibadan in Lagos, he worked in the advertising industry for many years. He was a fellow at the University of Southern California and the University of Washington, Seattle. His work for television has won several awards. In 2017, he graduated with distinction from the University of East Anglia's prestigious Creative Writing Programme. Kayode lives in Windhoek, Namibia with his wife and two sons.
Source: Publisher / vlb.
In his crime novel "Lightseekers", Nigerian author Femi Kayode reconstructs a lynching of three students in Port Harcourt - and tells of a deeply torn country between civil war, corruption and organised violence.
Selected as a Best Crime Novel of the Month by The Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Irish Times.
Source : deutschlandfunkkultur.de
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