Radio Sunrise

Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2018. "Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope," Boniface had said. "It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country." Ifiok, a young journalist working for the government radio station in Lagos, Nigeria, always aspires to do the right thing, but the odds seem to be stacked against him. Government pressures cause the funding to his radio drama to get cut off, his girlfriend leaves him when she discovers he is having an affair with an intern, and kidnappings and militancy are on the rise in the country. When Ifiok travels to his hometown to do a documentary on some ex-militants'' apparent redemption, a tragi-comic series of events will make him realise he is unable to swim against the tide of corruption. Building on the legacy of the great African satirist tradition of Ngugi Wa Thiongo and Ayi Kwei Armah, Radio Sunrise paints a sharp-tongued portrait of (post) post-colonial Nigeria.

Product details

• Authors: Anietie Isong
• Publisher: Jacaranda Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.11.2022
• EAN: 9781914344138
• ISBN: 978-1-914344-13-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Stephanie Plum; Jacaranda
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Satire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Humour, Political corruption, Radio & television industry, Narrative theme: Politics, Political structure & processes, Satirical fiction and parodies, Film, TV and Radio industries, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Corruption in politics, government and society, National liberation and independence