Nigerian author set to tour East Africa to promote his books

Nigerian thriller author, Othuke Ominiabohs would be touring two countries in East Africa from 28th November to 6th December 2016 for book reading and signing events, in collaboration with Fahimta Literary Discourse.

"East Africans, the ones I know, are lovers of literature, and avid readers. Also, a friendship is a big deal. I have made a lot of good friends from East Africa. Since this is my first book tour out of Nigeria, what better place to start than a place where your friends, who happen to also love to read. So it is a simple case of stars aligning," Ominiabohs told The New Times.

Rwanda will be the Nigerian's first leg in a four-nation regional tour that will also take him Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Ominiabohs has two published novels to his name; Odufa: A Lover’s Tale, and A Conspiracy of Ravens published in 2015 and 2016, respectively by TND Press.

Odufa a romance novel was short-listed for the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in 2014 and the ANA Prize for Prose Fiction in 2016 and has also, currently been nominated for the Grand Prix of Literary Associations Award in Cameroon.

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