Tayo Pete Olafioye
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Es'kia Mphahlele

John Povey

Ernest Emenyonu

Femi Ojo-Ade

Charles Mann

Onookome Okome
(Grandma's Sun)

Onookome Okome
(Carnival of Looters)

Tanure Ojaide

Donne Raffat

Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah

Ruth Obee

Douglas Killam

Dafe Otobo

Francis Obinor

Aaron Crecy

Kassahun Checole

Laiwola Adeniji
(Parliament of
Idiots)

Laiwola Adeniji
(Tomorrow Left Us
Yesterday)

Laiwola Adeniji
Lagos
From The Future in Yesterday, Dreams Deferred
Written on Tomorrow Left Us Yesterday

"Tomorrow Left Us Yesterday" definitely makes an exciting reading and in scope and character (whatever this is interpreted to mean), it is not an ambitious statement to say that they contain real African stories. One thing the author does that is commendable is in ensuring that his characters come from different parts of the continent. These are stories that touch on an author's concern for a world that is gradually losing its humanity. Unfortunately for most Africans, they do not know what they have to offer to the world in times like this. These are some of the things that Olafioye is trying to point out. The stories will find appeal across ages though there is an obvious bias for the youths for whom there could still be a tomorrow. This author is not just angry, he is hopeful that whatever remains of our humanity could still be rescued. This has nothing to do about colour or colonialism, it is about what a people have done and are still doing to themselves. Yes, tomorrow might have left us yesterday because the world is filled with the Father Jacobys, Cisses and Zainabs. Yet, there is still room for a rescue operation. These indeed are letters of the times.

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