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Naija No Dey Carry Last

“Pius Adesanmi’s Naija No Dey Carry Last is a treasure of pleasures, a gem of a book. Adesanmi is a prodigious writer and deep thinker whose essays exude vigorous intelligence, rare insight and a devastating wit. The essays in this peerless collection are irreverent, evocative, mind-expanding, and highly entertaining. This kaleidoscopic, take-no-prisoner’s romp through the vital social, cultural and political issues of Nigeria will thrill, inform and transform you. I urge you to read and reread this terrific, capacious book—and then tell all your friends about it.” Okey Ndibe (author of the novels Arrows of Rain and Foreign Gods, Inc.)

Pius Adesanmi, poet, sartirist, creative non-fiction author, essayist, and academic, was born in Nigeria. He is a Professor of English and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Adesanmi obtained a First Class Honours degree in French from the University of Ilorin, a Masters in French from the University of Ibadan, and a PhD in French from the University of British Columbia. He has since pursued a career as a scholar of Francophone and Anglophone African and Black Diasporic literatures, politics, and cultures. He is the internationally acclaimed winner of the inaugural Penguin Prize for African Writing (2010) with his book of creative non-fiction You’re not a Country, Africa (Penguin Books, 2011). His first book of poetry, The Wayfarer & Other Poems (Oracle Books, 2001) won the Poetry Prize of the Association of Nigerian Authors in 2000. His latest book, Naija No Dey Carry Last (Parrésia Publishers, 2015) is a collection of satirical essays on Nigerian culture, history and politics. Adesanmi is a celebrated columnist in Nigeria commenting on current political affairs and is considered one of the most influential Nigerian public intellectuals of his generation. Adesanmi died on 10 March 2019, when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed shortly after take-off.

Kategorie: African Publishers