- Published: 18 April 2024
- ISBN: 9780241562703
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Yorùbá Boy Running
- Published: 18 April 2024
- ISBN: 9780241562703
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
[Biyi Bándélé's novels] are rewarding reading, capable of wild surrealism and wit, as well as political engagement, as is all his writing
Independent
Biyi was a unique, all-responsive talent . . . The more he achieved, the further he aimed
Wole Soyinka
I always had huge respect for [Biyi's] prolific, super-talented and fearless creativity
Bernardine Evaristo
Biyi Bandele was a titan, who did the heavy lifting and laid the foundations many British Nigerian writers & theatre makers walk on
Inua Ellams
Bandele, who is without doubt one of Africa's finest creative minds, built an extensive career across various creative spaces, achieving success in literature and film
Brittle Paper
Passionately committed to every venture, Biyi displayed great urgency in all his productivity. He was a beguiling mix of daring and reticence, self-confidence and humility, with bravely ambitious dreams
Margaret Busby, Guardian
Biyi Bándélé had a prolifically talented and creative mind, shown in everything he touched. Yorùbá Boy Running is no exception
Chiwetel Ejiofor
As important and as riveting as it is generous, raising Ajayi Crowther to a place beside Equiano Olaudah, Fredrick Douglas and Phyllis Wheatley
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
A magical, immersive journey . . . Bándélé effortlessly draws the picture of the birth of colonial Nigeria with such panache and vibrancy that you are entertained while being deeply enlightened . . . Bándélé allow us to both observe and care for the characters he brings us, from village elders and Muslim slave traders to English colonisers. Biyi Bándélé’s wise and lyrical voice will be sorely missed
Paterson Joseph
A masterful piece of writing that will prove Biyi as one of Africas’ greatest writers. Lyrical, tragic and witty in turns. Chronicling one of humanities most shameful periods with unflinching honesty and deft storytelling
Clint Dyer
Biyi Bándélé's remains a master storyteller to the end. A magnificent novel; rich, humorous, lyrical, breathtaking. What a joy
Chikodili Emelumadu