The Incredible Dreams Of Garba Dakaskus

“The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus weaves together the musings of Teju Cole, James Joyce's stream of consciousness and the enchantment of the Arabian Nights, all set in the dazzling imagination of Umar Abubakar Sidi. Sometimes a philosophical treatise; at others, a searing and compelling narration of magical realism. The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus will enchant and delight. You have never read anything like this. A triumph of fantastical inventiveness”

—Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, author of When We Were Fireflies

“The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaksus is a book about books, a metafictional narrative that interrogates the primordiality of imagination, or stories, and the custody of this in the human journey. Written in prose that is speculative fiction, fable, and magical realism at the same time, it obviously nods to a school of the likes of Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges.”

—Carl Terver

“Utter mesmerism. Sidi is in full form. Beware.”

—TJ Benson, author of The Madhouse

“This is the work of a master of stories, presenting and unravelling onion-layers of telling that dip into all the seas of stories of this world. Umar Sidi is a true master, and this is his finest craft.”

—Richard Ali, author of City of Memories

“Reminiscent of the brilliance of Italo Calvino's writing, Sidi's novel makes a fascinating read. It is both a storytelling marvel and an ingenious idea.”

—Jumoke Verissimo, author of A Small Silence