A. Igoni Barrett – författare

'A devastating social parable brimming with humanity and heart...' Marlon JamesWhite skin, green eyes, red hair... BLACKASSFuro Wariboko - born and bred in Lagos - wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo finds the dead ends of his life open out before him. As a white man in Nigeria, the world is seemingly his oyster - except for one thing: despite his radical transformation, Furo's ass remains robustly black . . .Funny, fierce, inventive and daringly provocative - this is a very modern satire, with a sting in the tail.

Dark yet disarming, Love is Power, Or Something Like That is a phenomenal short story collection.Where sex is a currency, or a weapon.Where power ends in corruption, or violence.Where the worst thing to happen is for the best, sometimes.Where love is power, or something like that.In these nine blistering stories cavort jealous husbands, kissing cousins, teenage internet hustlers, democratic bus rides, home exorcisms and bowls of dubious catfish peppersoup: this is a searing, savage portrait of an utterly modern Nigeria.

'A devastating social parable brimming with humanity and heart...' Marlon JamesWhite skin, green eyes, red hair... BLACKASSFuro Wariboko - born and bred in Lagos - wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo finds the dead ends of his life open out before him. As a white man in Nigeria, the world is seemingly his oyster - except for one thing: despite his radical transformation, Furo's ass remains robustly black . . .Funny, fierce, inventive and daringly provocative - this is a very modern satire, with a sting in the tail.

Denna antologi innehåller nyskrivna noveller som utspelar sig i den pulserande samtiden i urbana miljöer. Men här ges också röst åt de senaste hundra årens omvälvande erfarenheter, såsom Fria franska styrkorna under andra världskriget, utvecklingen inom kricket efter Kenyas självständighet och jordreformen i Zimbabwe vid millennieskiftet. Den koloniala historien gör sig påmind i liv och vardag, och författarna skildrar en värld som fortfarande präglas av ojämlikhet och rasism.

I antologin medverkar Richard Ali, Carey Baraka, A. lgoni Barrett, Yolande Elebe Ma Ndembo, Lutivini Majanja, Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho, Blaise Ndala, Philani A. Nyoni, Audrey Obuobisa-Darko och Alison Ojany.