though determinedly optimistic prose of a woman fighting for survival amidst the horror and inhumanity of war
murder truly was most foul
rivers scythed paths through mountains
As a series of further horrors are discovered
stocking fillers and secret Santa gifts
Ghostroots by 'Pemi Aguda though determinedly optimistic prose ofExploring the dark borders between psychology and superstition, these feverishly imaginative stories of trauma, betrayal, terror and love lay bare the forces of myth, tradition, gender, sexuality and modernity in Nigerian society. Here are characters cursed by guilt, bound by the ties of ancestors and community; or enchanted by the allure of mysticism and would be prophets. Powered by a deep empathy, and glinting with humour and insight, they announce