WAITING FOR AN ANGEL marks the debut of one of Africa's most promising new writers. Lomba is a young journalist living under military regime in Lagos, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. His mind is full of soul music and girls and thenovel he is writing. But his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesn't love, and his neighbours are planning a demo which is bound to incite riot and arrests. Lomba can no longer bury his head in the sand. He must write the truth about this reign of terror . . . WAITING FOR AN ANGEL captures th... continue
A collection of twelve stories includes the tale of a medical student in hiding with a poor Muslim woman, and a woman who discovers a devastating secret about her brother's death.
Un prisionero político se ve obligado a escribir poemas de amor por encargo. Un ángel toma la forma de un soldado y su mensaje es la muerte, Un adolescente es enviado a la casa de una tía y allí conoce el amor, la lealtad y el valor del compromiso. Un joven universitario enloquece en un mundo donde todo se desmorona. A través de capítulos que funcionan como relatos independientes seguimos a Lamba, un estudiante que con el tiempo se convertirá en periodista y atravesará, junto con otros particulares personajes, los años más oscuros en la historia de Nigeria.
A moving debut story collection centered on Nigerian women, as they build lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, and the burden and strength of love.