Recent Reads

One of the To-dos on my new years resolution this year was to read more literary works by Nigerian authors alongside the numerous westerns that I read like my life depends on it. Recently, no thanks to school work and life generally, I haven't been reading as many as usual and I kind of want to pick up the slack a bit. This is one that I read last year and enjoyed.

Lagos Life, London Living by Bobo Omotayo
(Hard cover)

Interestingly titled, it is a collection of 37 short stories based on the writer's experiences and makes for very easy reading (it as been tagged "Coffee-table" by the experts). For me, it is simply a delightful book written with wit, honesty, lots of satirical comic, illustrations and interesting photos. The writer definitely takes you on the narrated journeys.

Plot
The book covers his experiences in two very different but similar cities with slangs and colloquialisms from both documented.