Author releases new book

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July 22, 2015 8:36 AM

The critically acclaimed author winner of Ana-Jaccaranda Prize for prose, El Nukoya, has penned a new book titled ‘Baron of Broad Street’

The critically acclaimed author of the best selling ‘Nine Lives’ and winner of Ana-Jaccaranda Prize for prose, El Nukoya, has penned a new book titled ‘Baron of Broad Street’ set to launch on the 2 of August, 2015.

The book tell the story of Lagos impoverished and the affluent, living side-by-side, yet a world apart. It captures the limited prospect for mobility in an often negligent society, and the determination of a select crop of youths to take it upon themselves and change this seemingly rigid equation, by all means necessary.According to the author El Nukoya: “The book focuses on contemporary Lagos; Conflicts (of a different kind - class, culture, identity, moral); Consciousness; a fresh conversation about who we are and a daring confrontation of the realities thereof.”

Written over a period of seven years, El Nukoya’s new book has received several endorsements and many accolades from the literary world. Among them is Bolanle Austen-Peters, Founder, Terra – Culture, she said the book is "A brilliant novel written with superb clarity and knowledge on Yoruba Language and the subcultures in Lagos! El Nukoya’s confident use of words draw you into the story, whilst working on your imagination. An absolute masterpiece!"

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