In this work, set in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, and Jos, the city where the author grew up and lived for decades, nothing is contrived but carefully plotted so that before a major development is unfolded, signs precede it; before someone is killed, we would’ve been shown the instrument of murder.
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Somewhere between those readings, shared meals and quiet conversations, the people I had met at the airport stopped feeling like strangers. The city outside the workshop continued moving in its usual Lagos way, but inside that room, I had found a slower kind of movement—the movement of ideas between people.
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Alhanislam’s selected readings – one from each of the book’s five sections – told stories about friendship, love, self-actualisation, mental health, tragedy, and loss, showcasing her ability to tap into a vast emotional landscape for inspiration and a beautiful writing style that is as grounded as it is powerful.
Granting a backstage interview to The Lagos Review, the artist summed up his musical philosophy thus: “I like to have an open approach to my music, and I like to demystify flamenco.”
The motif of silence runs through the novel, shaping its emotional landscape and deepening its tensions. Characters retreat into silence as a shield against pain. In this novel, silence becomes a language of its own. It speaks in pauses, in averted gazes, in unfinished sentences. Relationships are defined as much by what is withheld as by what is expressed, and the gaps in communication often widen into emotional chasms.
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In his latest novel, That Ghost Flight to Abuja, acclaimed Nigerian author and researcher Chiedu…
Because of this, our environment becomes vital to our progress. As a fifteen-year-old, I knew this intuitively, not as I know it now, not theoretically. I knew that my environment was limited in significant ways. It wasn’t one for creativity or imagination. It lay at the tail end of cynicism
The book shows us where and how the rich live in Abuja, we see its magnificent mansions, the mirrored hallways, and its pure opulence and grandeur, which are deliberately hidden behind high electric fences. We also see old money in its quiet and unimposing nature.
Hafsat Bebi is an absolute delight to read.
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