Cover image for Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh: ‘I’ve been imprisoned all my life, daddy.’

It was that cover that snagged my attention when I was pitched Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s Blessings. With its image of a strikingly handsome but melancholy young man, it fits the novel well. Spanning a decade in Nigeria beginning in 2006, Ibeh’s debut is a poignant coming-of-age story in which a boy struggles to keep his sexuality […]

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