As part of our ongoing commitment to discovering and supporting outstanding literary work, Masobe is pleased to formally announce the acquisition of the following extraordinary manuscripts from three uniquely talented writers. These are storytellers that are contributing to the shaping of the African literary space, using their gifts to tell our stories against all odds.<\/p>\n
Chika Unigwe<\/strong> When seventeen-year-old Nani loses her older sister and then her father in quick succession, her world spins off its axis. Isolated and misunderstood by her grieving mother and sister, she\u2019s drawn to an itinerant preacher, a handsome self-proclaimed man of God who offers her a new place to belong. All too soon, Nani finds herself estranged from her family, tethered to her abusive husband by children she loves but cannot fully comprehend. She must find the courage to break free and wrestle her life back\u2014without losing what she loves most.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Middle Daughter<\/strong>\u00a0has been critically appraised as:<\/p>\n A finely-drawn portrait of a young woman\u2019s resilience in the face of violence and grief.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~Paula Hawkins<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A memorable read.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~Ayobami Adebayo<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Enchanting. . . [Unigwe\u2019s] tender explorations of family blessings and woes is magical.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~Uwem Akpan<\/p>\n About the Author<\/strong> Moses Ose Utomi<\/strong> They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe what they say in the City of Lies? The Lies of The Ajungo<\/strong>\u00a0has been critically appraised as:<\/p>\n A captivating and violent fable. The Lies of the Ajungo plumbs the depth of deception yet bursts with hope. Taut and unexpected. I devoured it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~Fonda Lee<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Exquisitely crafted and original.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~T. L. Huchu<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A searing and mythical tale of manipulation, kindness and sacrifice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~Marie Brennan<\/p>\n About the Author<\/strong> Timendu Aghahowa<\/strong> Eloviano \u2018Elo\u2019 Obruthe has always been headstrong. The sort to forge her own path\u2014even if it would eventually take her away from home\u2014instead of a tried and tested route. One July, Elo finally comes home. But it is only supposed to be for one weekend, a fulfilment of bridesmaid\u2019s duty for her best friend\u2019s wedding. How was she to know that she would run into Datonye \u2018Didi\u2019 Kiah, her childhood friend and the son of her mother\u2019s rivals, Rev. and Rev. Mrs. Kiah? Who could have predicted that he would grow up to be the sexiest man she had laid eyes on in a long time? Nothing about her supposed whirlwind trip could have prepared Elo for her mother\u2019s sudden heart attack, nor the impossible-to-resist offer she makes in exchange for Elo helping to run the family church with her more faithful and dutiful sister, Efezino \u2018Zino\u2019 Obruthe. How could Elo know that this offer would lead to seismic changes in her relationships with her overlooked sister Elo, with her potential soulmate Didi, and with her own fledgling faith?<\/p>\n The Bishop\u2019s Prodigal Daughter has been critically appraised as:<\/p>\n A memorable debut, full of wit, passion and heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~Othuke Ominiabohs<\/p>\n About the Author<\/strong> The books are scheduled for release in the second and third quarters of 2023. Specific publication dates and cover reveals will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information, please contact: Theresa Ominiabohs at 07018383286, email: info@masobebooks.com, follow us @Masobebooks on Instagram and Twitter, or visit the Masobe Books website at www.masobebooks.com<\/p>\n As part of our ongoing commitment to discovering and supporting outstanding literary work, Masobe is pleased to formally announce the acquisition of the following extraordinary manuscripts from three uniquely talented writers. These are storytellers that are contributing to the shaping of the African literary space, using their gifts to tell our stories against all odds.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[334],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","thb-post-share-style1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThis contemporary reimagining of the myth of Hades and Persephone told in a polyphony of voices examines the struggles of being a woman in a patriarchal society, explores issues of feminism and gender, and the dynamics of family relationships.<\/p>\n
\nChika Unigwe is professor of Creative Writing at Georgia College and the author of several celebrated works of fiction, including On Black Sister\u2019s Street which won the NLNG fourth book and second novel; coming almost seven years after his NLNG prize for Literature and most recently the short story collection, Better Never Than Late.<\/p>\n
\nMoses Ose Utomi\u2019s debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy\u2019s epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother\u2019s life. The Lies of the Ajungo opens the curtains on a tremendous world, and begins the epic fable of the Forever Desert. With every word, Moses Ose Utomi weaves magic.<\/p>\n
\nIn the City of Lies, they cut out your tongue when you turn thirteen, to appease the terrifying Ajungo Empire and make sure it continues sending water. Tutu will be thirteen in three days, but his parched mother won\u2019t last that long. So Tutu goes to his oba and makes a deal: she provides water for his mother, and in exchange he will travel out into the desert and bring back water for the city. Thus begins Tutu\u2019s quest for the salvation of his mother, his city, and himself.<\/p>\n
\nMoses Ose Utomi (he\/him) is a Nigerian-American fantasy writer and nomad currently based out of Honolulu, Hawaii. He has an MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and short fiction publications in Fireside Fiction and Purple Wall Stories. When he\u2019s not writing, he\u2019s traveling, training martial arts, or doing karaoke\u2014with or without a backing track.<\/p>\n
\nThe Bishop\u2019s Prodigal Daughter<\/strong>\u00a0is a warm, engaging, and inspiring story about second chances at love, faith and with family. Timendu Aghahowa is an effortlessly good writer, a storyteller whose passion for her lively, dynamic and relatable characters, from the culture in which they were born and raised as well as the faith that sustains them through the vicissitudes of life, comes through as clearly as a soprano in extraordinary rendition.<\/p>\n
\nTimendu Aghahowa has been a voracious reader since she was four years old and started writing professionally after a very short stint in stockbroking. Her story \u2018Three Birds and A Nest\u2019 was one of the fifteen finalists in Farafina\u2019s New African Writing Contest in 2012. She was also a participant of the 2013 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop. Also a screenwriter, she has writing credits on several Africa Magic projects including Tinsel, Hush, and Jemeji (2017). She was part of the writing team for MTV\u2019s Shuga Season 6 and was the Script Editor for the first two seasons of Africa Magic\u2019s legal show E.V.E. and the 260-episode Africa Magic telenovela \u2018Enakhe\u2019.
\nTimendu loves cake, brightly coloured hair, listening to music and constantly courts financial ruin with her book buying habit. She lives in Lagos with her husband and two children. The Bishop\u2019s Prodigal Daughter is her first novel.<\/p>\n