Akin Adesokan

Akin Adesokan is a Nigerian writer, scholar and novelist with research interests into twentieth and twenty-first century African and African American/African Diaspora literature and cultures. He is currently the associate professor of comparative literature at Indiana University Bloomington. He exerts influence on Nigerian cultural environment through commentary, advocacy, and writing. Quotes The reception has been wonderful, and much of it is due to my publisher’s total commitment to pushing the book within and outside Nigeria. Azafi Ọmọluabi has done an excellent job with South Side. Within the first three months, there were at least five, maybe six, reviews in Nigeria newspapers, in print and online. When it became available on Amazon, international attention gained ground and several people went out of their way to purchase copies, as I discovered. Earlier this year, another review appeared in Wasafiri, a UK-based journal of new writing. All of this is exciting, I must say, and I’m quite satisfied. An interview with Sola Osofisan writer like Adichie is a product of a complex process of marketing of postcolonial writers. Language is an organic thing, and it thrives best when its users use it imaginatively. Compared to writers, filmmakers are not trapped in the language question. A healthy literary culture isn’t always about prestige and showbiz. Akin Adesokan works South side Everything is sampled Roots in the sky External links