The Mechanics of Yenagoa

“Michael delivers a super engaging story with profound social commentary and cracking humour in a fluid style that keeps you flying from page to page. This is not just the story of the Mechanics of Yenagoa; it is also the story of Merchants of Power in the Nigerian society.”

—Simon Kolawole, Writer and Journalist

“Humour and wit peppers this beautiful narrative. Here is an author and a story to look out for.”

—Timi Dakolo, Singer and Songwriter

“This gripping narrative takes off with little warning and speeds up rapidly, swerving through breath-taking, cliff-hanger moments and navigating perilous passages with abandon. Love, heartbreak, friendship, back-stabbing, loss, and the ultimate payback all feature in this rich telling. Afenfia presents the colourful, hapless, Ebinimi and his “three crazy colleagues” in his auto repair garage, facing down multiple challenges – all against a backdrop of crime, love, religion and politics, centered in his home city, Yenagoa. Threaded with spicy humour, this unforgettable story gives an insight into the racy lives of four young men as they navigate real (and sometimes surreal) paths in a modern African city.”

—Martin Egblewogbe, author of Mr Happy and The Hammer of God and Other Stories

“Afenfia’s Mechanics of Yenegoa seemingly reads like the stories of Ebinimi, his girls and his apprentices but it is much more. It is a work which speaks to our everyday reality: men who claim to speak for God, politicians ready to maim and kill, marriages that are so only in name and leaders who are nothing but dealers. This amazing book marks him out as a master of suspense and a storyteller to worship and his language is simple but not simplistic. It will be worth your time.”

—Olukorede Yishau, author of In the Name of Our Father

"Raw, gritty, warm...A rollicking read."

—Chimeka Garricks, author of A Broken People’s Playlist