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Emmanuel Iduma
Emmanuel Iduma is a writer and art critic. He is co-publisher of Saraba magazine, and director of publications of Invisible Borders.
A lawyer by training, he holds an MFA in Art Criticism and Writing from the School of Visual Arts, New York.
He is the author of Farad and co-editor of Gambit: Newer African Writing.
Published Books
farad
Farad is a novel that questions individual difference and change in a
multilayered system of narration. The eight chapters intersect with each
other only because all the major characters are participants in a mild
conflict that takes place in a University Chapel where the Choirmaster has
served for 25 years but is unwilling to yield power.
Aside this, each chapter takes its own stance, peculiarly addressing change
and individuality in middle-class Nigeria. For instance, the first chapter
(the only chapter narrated in 3rd person and the longest) is the story of an
attempt to heal the mind of a lady who had a sexual affair with a Nigerian
dictator, and is with him when he dies mysteriously.
