Elnathan John – författare

Glänta 1.15 består av texter som inte förhåller sig till ett på förhand uttänkt tema. Det börjar med Elnathan Johns novell om Boko Haram och slutar med att Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak manar oss att öva föreställningsförmågan. Däremellan finner Tormod Otter Johansen att den svenska självbilden sitter i väggarna, medan Felicia Mulinari skriver från ett Malmö som brinner och Lydia Davis sätter ut gammelmormödrar på verandan. Och Alexandru Vakulovski blir ihjälslagen av sin far; Ulrika Dahl spinner trådar mellan mostrar och monster; Elis Burrau uppmanar oss att torka oss om munnen, performativt; Mårten Björk & Göran Larsson tecknar Islamiska statens historia; Adriana Cavarero ställer terrorism & horrorism bredvid varandra; Tobias Hübinette & Lennart E H Räterlinck finner en vit rasmelankoli bland utklädda västerlänningar; Yves Citton introducerar rytmologin; Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson analyserar nya och gamla skadade och Judith Kiros får allt att börja om.

How do you survive Nigeria's power cuts, traffic jams and prosperity gospel? Accept that everything is a hustle and nobody is quite who they claim to be. With sharp wit and biting humour, Becoming Nigerian reveals the unspoken rules of Nigerian life.Written as a satirical survival guide, the book shows readers how to navigate modern Nigeria like a local. Through mock-instructional chapters on everything from power failures to becoming a pastor or a middle-class hustler, it exposes the absurdities, contradictions and everyday frustrations of Nigerian society with both affection and fearless honesty.Perfect for Nigerians who need to laugh at the chaos, diaspora readers looking for a candid window into home, and anyone curious about life beyond sanitised images of Africa, Becoming Nigerian is a brilliantly observant guide to the country behind the headlines.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.Representing the very best of African creative nonfiction, Safe House brings together works from Africa's contemporary literary greats. In a collection that ranges from travel writing and memoir to reportage and meditative essays, editor Ellah Wakatama Allfrey has brought together some of the most talented writers of creative nonfiction from across Africa.This creative nonfiction single by Elnathan John is from Safe House anthology and documents Elnathan John s visits to a community facing social exile in northern Nigeria.

Illuminating African narratives for readers both inside and outside the continent.Representing the very best of African creative nonfiction, Safe House brings together works from Africa''s contemporary literary greats. In a collection that ranges from travel writing and memoir to reportage and meditative essays, editor Ellah Wakatama Allfrey has brought together some of the most talented writers of creative nonfiction from across Africa.This collection of five singles from the Safe House anthology gathers work from the very best of contemporary African writers.Includes:Includes:The Keepers of Secrets by Elnathan JohnA Murder in Clovelly by Bongani KonaDream Chasers by Msingi SasisBorder Crossings by Sarita RanchodA Woman''s Smile by Barbara Wanjala

Now in its sixteenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection collects the five 2015 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the Caine Prize Writers’ Workshop, which took place in April 2015.

Told through the irresistible voice of a young boy, Dantala, Born on a Tuesday is a masterful and haunting coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of extremist politics and religion in Northern Nigeria.Dantala is a naive but bright Quranic student, who falls in with a gang of street boys, surviving on a regime of petty crime and violence. After being paid to set fire to the local headquarters of an opposition party, Dantala is forced to run for his life. Still reeling from the trauma of events, he stumbles into a Salafi mosque where he quickly becomes the favoured apprentice of the Sheikh and finds stability and friendship.From his place of refuge, Dantala confronts the hurdles of adolescence, first love and the splintering of family life - as his mother becomes increasingly unstable in the wake of a family tragedy and his brothers join a rival religious sect. But as political and religious tensions mount, he is torn between loyalty to his benefactor, Sheikh Jamal, and adherence to the Sheikh's charismatic advisor, Malam Abdul-Nur.When bloodshed erupts around him, Dantala is tested to his limits. In this raw, authentic and deceptively simple novel, Elnathan John explores boyhood in the wake of extremism and fundamentalism.Born on a Tuesday delves behind the scenes of the media's portrayal of Boko Haram bringing us a powerful and intensely personal picture of life in Northern Nigeria today.

Step onto a Lagos street where virtue is performed, secrets travel fast, and a pastor's family discovers that respectability cannot hide desire forever. A bold graphic novel peeling back the city's quiet hypocrisies.On Ajayi Crowther Street takes readers into a Lagos neighbourhood where gossip is currency, everyone performs holiness, and nothing is as spotless as it seems. Behind the pastor's front door, Godstime hides his sexuality, Keturah conceals her pregnancy, and Reverend Akpoborie suppresses desires that could shatter the carefully crafted image he has built. As the community watches, the cracks begin to spread, and every whispered secret brings someone closer to exposure.With sharp dialogue and vivid, expressive artwork, this graphic novel is a compelling story of family, faith and identity. Perfect for readers of literary graphic novels such as Aya of Yop City and Fun Home, it explores the tensions between desire, religion and community expectations in contemporary Lagos.

Hassan and Hassana are twins who share everything. So why won't Hassan share his bike?In a quiet part of Sokoto city, the twins have always done everything together. As a reward for their excellent school reports, each gets to choose one special birthday gift: Hassan a bicycle, Hassana the Kalangu drum she heard being played at the market. She loves her drums, but she also loves riding his bike. So when his friends decide that bikes are not for girls, Hassan has to choose between keeping them happy and doing right by his sister.Hassan and Hassana Share Everything is a perfect read-along picture book about kindness, fairness and the quiet courage it takes to stand up for the people you love.

Dantala, der Protagonist des Romans, lebt mit anderen Kindern und Jugendlichen auf den Straßen von Bayan Layi, einer Kleinstadt im Norden Nigerias. Die Koranschule, auf die sein Vater ihn geschickt hat, hat er verlassen, um sich stattdessen einer Gang anzuschließen. Er stiehlt, um zu essen und raucht Gras. Nachdem er und andere Straßenkinder im Zuge eines Wahlkampfs beauftragt werden, die Zentrale der oppositionellen Partei in Brand zu stecken und dieses Unterfangen desaströs schiefgeht, muss er fliehen. In Sokoto findet er in einer Moschee Zuflucht, Essen und in Sheikh Jamal einen Imam, der durch seine charismatische Persönlichkeit schnell zu seinem Mentor wird. Mit seinem besten Freund Jibril teilt Dantala sich nicht nur ein Zimmer, sondern auch den Drang, der Komplexität der politischen und religiösen Ereignisse um ihn herum eine Sprache zu geben. Die erste Liebe, dunkle Geheimnisse und die Frage nach persönlicher Loyalität gehören zum Alltag. Es ist eine brutale Welt, in der junge Menschen Verbrechen im Namen von Ideologien verüben, die sie nicht verstehen. Nach einem Besuch im Dorf seiner Mutter kehrt Dantala über ihren gesundheitlichen Verfall schockiert zurück und gerät mitten in einen Machtkampfs um die religiöse Vorherrschaft in der Moschee. Plötzlich muss Dantala sich entscheiden: Welche Art von Moslem, und letztendlich, welche Art von Mann möchte er sein? Ein kraftvoller Bildungsroman, der das mediale Bild eines von Boko Haram dominierten Norden Nigerias herausfordert und uns in eine vielschichte Welt mitnimmt, in der wir trotz religiösem Fundamentalismus Freundschaft, Liebe und Brüderlichkeit finden.