Turn on, tune in, and don’t cop out of this podcast that takes you on a musical journey through the works of new and classic authors. Host, Sarah Ozo-Irabor chats with notable writers and literary tastemakers on their work and the music that has shaped their craft, literary journey, and overall sense of self. An accompanying playlist of curated songs is available in each episode description.
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Books & Rhymes: The Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Sarah Ozo-Irabor
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Turn on, tune in, and don’t cop out of this podcast that takes you on a musical journey through the works of new and classic authors. Host, Sarah Ozo-Irabor chats with notable writers and literary tastemakers on their work and the music that has shaped their craft, literary journey, and overall sense of self. An accompanying playlist of curated songs is available in each episode description.
Find and follow us: @Booksandrhymes on Twitter and Instagram.
Subscribe to the mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gr0kD5
Books & Rhymes: The Podcast is created, produced, and hosted by Sarah Ozo-Irabor
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Do writers of African descent have the freedom to write whimsical and quirky stories? How can readers support the works of under-discussed writers during COVID-19 global pandemic?
We discuss these topics and more with Tola Rotimi Abraham, whose debut novel, Black Sunday (a coming of age novel set in Lagos, Nigeria, which tells the story of a fractured family coming to terms with an unexpected loss) has been shortlisted for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. We use the music of Adekunle Gold, Teni The Entertainer, Shoma Madjozi and more to discuss consent in hyper-patriarchal societies, the inevitable emotional weight of (re)writing and editing traumatic scenes, & linguistic misnomers in the depiction of localised customs in literature published in the West. Listen Tola Abraham’s specially curated playlist Spotify, Deezer and YouTube. Listen to a playlist if sings curated by Tola Rotimi Abraham on Spotify, Deezer and YouTube.
Continue the conversation by posting your thoughts on this episode on Twitter and Instagram by tagging us #BooksAndRhymes
The song you heard in the intro and outro of this podcast is titled: Reset by Meakoom (Meakoom) link to her music is available on Bandcamp
Purchase Tola Rotimi Abraham’s unforgettable novel Black Sunday online and in your local bookstore.
Authors & Books referenced:
- We Need New Names - Noviolet Bulawayo
- Helen Oyeyemi
- Tade Thompson
- Nnedi Okorafor
- The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett
Songs Referenced:
- John Cena – Sho Madjozi
- Surrender – Natalie Taylor
- Ire – Adekunle Gold.
- Teni – Uyo Meyo
- Brown Skin Girl - Beyonce
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