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by 'Seun Salami (Author)
"From one story to the next, Salami effortlessly cuts into fundamental human circumstances like tragedy, faith and the search for identity. This compelling debut collection is full of depth and grace." - YNaija.com This gripping collection presents characters with various struggles; some eventually victorious, others having to deal with the harsh realities of their failures. The title story, 'The Son of your Father's Concubine', is about a chaste young lady in the church choir who is raped on her way from a vigil on Saturday of Easter. She becomes pregnant; but her greatest shock is in the reaction of her family, her church and the identity of the father of her child. In 'Thunder from the gods', a group of youth corps members set out to evangelise a village, but the gods of the land had other ideas. In 'Kweku's Return', a young brilliant footballer travels to Europe for greener pastures, but his return brings unprecedented sorrow to his family and community. The reader will also encounter other characters like a young man who is set to embark on an inter-tribal marriage against his mother's wish...after all, it is 2033; a lady who comes into a promising young man's life and robs him of his most precious gift; a teenage boy who is battling peer pressure in the boarding house and many more.
Author Biography
'Seun Salami is a Nigerian writer and editor. He is the Head of Publishing at Bookvine. He has an MSc in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos. He wrote the back page satire column 'Conversations' for National Standard between 2007 and 2008. His articles have also appeared in the likes of The SUN and The PUNCH Newspapers among other platforms. 'Seun has authored two short story collections, 'The Son of Your Father's Concubine' and 'The Sex Life of a Lagos Mad Woman' and a novella, 'The Young Shall Grow'. He currently divides his time between Canada and his home country, Nigeria.
