Ake Festival 2022 | BOOK CHAT - Toni Kan, Celeste Mohammed, Chimeka Garricks

Toni Kan will be in conversation with two authors who have painted gritty and uncompromising pictures of life in Nigeria and Trinidad. Celeste Mohammed’s novel-in-stories is written in a combination of English and Trinidad Creole. Set in a fictional town in Trinidad, Pleasantview paints a picture that is far removed from the idyll often described for tourist consumption. A Broken People’s Playlist is an interlinked collection of short fiction set among the denizens of Nigeria’s Port Harcourt and inspired by a playlist of beloved pop songs. With a cast of unforgettable characters, we are reminded of what it means to be human, flawed, complicated. Chimeka Garricks will talk about his ‘love letter to his native city’.