The universe finally held meaning when Quramo publishing announced that Nigerian-American Nike Campbell-Fatoki will will be on hand this Saturday at the Quintessence Bookstore for a book reading and signing.
And the best part? The event is totally free.
Nike Campbell-Fatoki will be reading her newly released collection of short stories Bury Me Come Sunday Afternoon.
It doesn't matter if you’ve manage to read the book or not, come through.
The event will begin at 3 p.m. and will also include a Q&A so you can interact, ask questions on writing, publishing, Nigerian literature and so many other things from the author.
EC Osondu, winner of the Caine Prize for African fiction and author of This House is Not For Sale described the book as “Stories worth telling from a writer worth reading.”
Published in July 2016 by Quramo Publishing. Here’s a breakdown of the book:
"In this short story collection, Nike Campbell-Fatoki filters the lives of contemporary Nigerians through a colourful and vivid prism, where past sins come to upset settled lives, where lost lives fuel a campaign for a better future and nothing is as it seems. She explores well-known themes but delves a little deeper, questioning our ideas about people, our impressions and prejudices.
Bury Me Come Sunday Afternoon depicts the struggles of a young ambitious and hardworking Nigerian abroad with the same insightful candour as it does the tale of a brilliant but broken woman struggling with mental illness."
Nike Campbell Fatoki was born in Lvov, Ukraine and grew up in Lagos. She started her higher education at University of Lagos, majoring in economics then transferred to Howard University, Washington DC in 1996. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in Economics, minor in Political Science in 1999.
She released her debut book Thread of Gold Beads in 2012andher short story collection – Bury Me Come Sunday Afternoon was recently published and released by Quramo Publishing in July 2016.
Nike lives in the Washington DC area with her husband and three sons. She is presently writing her next historical fiction novel which will be published in 2017.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please follow @Quramo_Limited on Twitter.
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