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Jesutomisin Ipinmoye
Jesutomisin is currently best described as an alleged author working in a
university where he writes fiction and other things.
He can also be
described as "enigmatic," "curious," "communitarian," "postmodern," "an
unserious engineer," "hilarious," "living on an island," "survivor of ages
nineteen and twenty-three," "from Nigeria," "a relentless idealist," "a
writer of Nigerian weird and afro-depression," and "over-employed."
Depending on who you ask, he can also be described as: "anxious", "possibly
insane", "pretentious*", "a train wreck", "unreasonably passionate",
"chaotic", and "lost in his thoughts".
He has been published in Hobert After Dark, Kenga, and Brittle Paper. He
came second in the 2023 Happy Noisemaker Prize for Storytelling and was
published in 2024's Afritondo Anthology after being longlisted.
*It will never be pretentious to care a lot about what you do.
Published Books
how to get rid of ants
In this collection of short stories, everyday anxieties unravel into the
strange and surreal: a man in Abule, desperate to “hammer” like his peers,
risks everything for a shortcut to success; a young woman, weary of the
endless pressure to marry, turns to magical matchmaking with unexpected
consequences; a greedy man finds himself unable to stop eating, his hunger
growing beyond control; and a Lagos-based graphics designer’s simple attempt
to get rid of ants spirals into something far more existential.
With a sharp wit, keen eye for the bizarre and highly stylised syntax, Ipinmoye reshapes
familiar anxieties – ambition, love, survival – into haunting and unexpected
narratives. Each story in this eclectic collection is a cold shower –
urgent, sharp and unforgettable.
