Chuma Nwokolo set to release The Ghost of Sani Abacha

The collection, described as tales of life and love in the aftermath of autocracy, is published under the imprint of CountyBooks and is scheduled for presentation at Hotel Benizia, Asaba, by 5 pm. This will be followed by readings in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Kaduna and Enugu. The Ghost of Sani Abacha will also be launched […]

The collection, described as tales of life and love in the aftermath of autocracy, is published under the imprint of CountyBooks and is scheduled for presentation at Hotel Benizia, Asaba, by 5 pm. This will be followed by readings in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Kaduna and Enugu.

The Ghost of Sani Abacha will also be launched in the United Kingdom on the 17th of January, 2012 by the Royal African Society at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), followed by other readings in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford and Swansea, Wales. Thereafter, the author will tour South Africa, Ghana and Kenya.

Chuma Nwokolo was called to the bar in 1984. He worked briefly for the Legal Aid Council and was managing partner of the C&G Chambers, Lagos. He was writer-in-residence of The Ashmolean, Oxford, and chair of Leys Newspapers. He is a public speaker and publisher of African Writing Magazine. His books include Diaries of a Dead African, One More Tale for the Road, and the poetry collection, Memories of Stone. The first Diary of a Dead African, originally published by London Review of Books, was selected by La Internazionale as one of the three best stories worldwide in 2001.

African Writing Limited publishes an eponymous four-year-old literary magazine.