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“Blessings is a coming-of-age story—a queer coming-of-age story. It’s about a boy, Obiefuna, and his life in Nigeria. It starts when his father takes on a new apprentice. When this young man comes to the house Obiefuna is just captivated by him. It’s a life changing moment for him…The novel follows Obiefuna right up to and past the time when Nigeria outlaws homosexuality and makes it a criminal offence. At that point, it becomes almost a matter of life and death for him and his friends. People are being imprisoned. It was already an emotionally involving book.” Read more...
“It’s a gay coming-of-age novel set as Nigeria was on the verge of criminalising same-sex relationships with the Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2013. It’s a tender, beautiful text. From someone so young, Chukwuebuka Ibeh is a supremely skilled writer and I can’t wait to see what he produces next.” Read more...
Chioma Okereke, Novelist
