DEAR SENTHURAN, THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI, PET, FRESHWATER, CW: EVERYTHING (2022), YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY (2022)
It’s because people like this don’t stop even when there’s a global crisis killing people. They don’t pause, they don’t care. That’s why the stories moving against them matter. #TheDeathOfVivekOjipic.twitter.com/FaMfPWdwKf
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You know what? Let's talk about THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI and why books like this matter even or especially in the middle of a goddamn pandemic.https://www.akwaeke.com/the-death-of-vivek-oji …
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I wrote
#TheDeathOfVivekOji because God knows I could've used a book like it when I was growing up in Aba. I set it in the community I was raised in and I sheltered Vivek in love. It's important. There is so much hate and people are being murdered for it.Pokaż ten wątek -
This person decided to tag me, deliberately misgender me, call me 'it' when we all know the rules are that you keep your trash talk about me in your Whatsapp chats. But here's the thing, I'm not in danger. I have the resources to stay in my bubble and be nothing but loved.
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What happens to the other people who get called 'it' by bigots like this one? Have you seen the
#EndHomophobiaInNigeria hashtag and do you know about the murder that started it? It's not a game.Pokaż ten wątek -
Even if we don't die by homicide, we can easily die from suicide. There are many roads to death and people like this are cheering from the sidelines. When I was suicidal (last year, hah) tweets like this were reminders that a world wanted me dead. It's never just one person.
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It's a country that used to be yours, a community that used to be yours, that spat you out when they realized what you were. But we are worldmakers, we are still Nigerian, we are still alive. We are still telling our stories, and my God, you should read them.
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The world does not stop during this pandemic, in all its horror and beauty, so the work cannot stop either. People still need these stories to give them air in the dark corners they are crushed in. Read everything by Chinelo Okparanta and Eloghosa Osunde.https://www.eloghosaosunde.com
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Read Unoma Azuah, Olumide Popoola (
@msolumide),@Ary_Ifeakandu, Jude Dibia,@Pwaangulongii, and@FrankieEdozien. There are many of us. Read us all. Buy Romeo Oriogun's brilliant poetry collection, SACRAMENT OF BODIES. (@SonOfOlokun)
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781496219640 …pic.twitter.com/oc9p0gnYtX
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Buy the groundbreaking anthology, SHE CALLED ME WOMAN, by Azeenarh Mohammed (
@xeenarh), Rafeeat Aliyu (@rafeeeeta), and Chitra Nagarajan (@chitranagarajan), published by@CassavaRepublic
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Buy my debut autobiographical novel FRESHWATER, which Edwidge Danticat called, "An extraordinarily powerful and very different kind of physical and psychological migration story." The protagonist is ogbanje and also, very queer.https://www.akwaeke.com/freshwater
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Buy my debut YA novel, PET, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The protagonist is a safe and loved Black trans girl with a Nigerian dad and a Caribbean mom. She goes monster-hunting with a magical creature.https://www.akwaeke.com/pet
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And, of course, pre-order my sophomore adult novel
#TheDeathOfVivekOji, dropping August 4 from@riverheadbooks. An aggressively gay love story set in southeastern Nigeria during the late 90's. MOONLIGHT-level sexual tension. No choice but to stan myself.https://www.akwaeke.com/the-death-of-vivek-oji …Pokaż ten wątek -
Jara/Lagniappe
Read this thread for one of my favorite stories, which highkey needs to become a book. You're welcome. And please share books/writing by other queer Africans. We will keep making our worlds for each other. https://twitter.com/sephthedemon/status/1163546238429618177 …Pokaż ten wątek
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