And Then He Sang a Lullaby

Captivating, passionate and utterly heartbreaking, this debut novel tells the story of two young gay men in Nigeria who are determined to love each other despite all that stands in their way.

About the author

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu is an award-winning Nigerian writer and queer liberation activist. His work interrogates themes of queer identity, resistance and liberation and has appeared in literary magazines across Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. His work has received wide recognition, having been longlisted for the 2017 Awele Creative Trust Prize and the 2020 Afritondo Short Story Prize. He was shortlisted for the 2017 Erbacce Prize for Poetry, the 2020 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award and the 2020 Toyin Falola Prize. The manuscript for this novel was awarded the 2021 James Currey Prize for African Literature.

Summary

Captivating, passionate and utterly heartbreaking, this debut novel tells the story of two young gay men in Nigeria who are determined to love each other despite all that stands in their way.

Foreword

Captivating, passionate and utterly heartbreaking, this debut novel tells the story of two young gay men in Nigeria who are determined to love each other despite all that stands in their way.

Product details

• Authors: Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2023
• EAN: 9781804710166
• ISBN: 978-1-80471-016-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 224 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Political, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / LGBT / Gay