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Book Club
14 September @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Welcome to our book club, in collaboration with Soma Nami Bookstore! The pick of the month is “A Broken People’s Playlist” by Chimeka Garricks.
A Broken People’s Playlist is a collection of short stories with underlying themes so beautifully woven that each story flows into the other seamlessly. From its poignant beginning in “Lost Stars” a story about love and it’s fleeting, transient nature to the gritty, raw musical prose encapsulated in “In The City”, a tale of survival set in the alleyways of the waterside. A Broken People’s Playlist is a mosaic of stories about living, loving and hurting through very familiar sounds, in very familiar ways and finding healing in the most unlikely places. Fun fact: each of the stories is inspired by a song – click here for the track list.
The stories are also part-homage and part-love letter to Port Harcourt (the city which most of them are set in). The prose is distinctive as it is concise and unapologetically Nigerian. And because the collection is infused with the magic of evocative storytelling, everyone is promised a story, a character, to move or haunt them.
Click here to order your copy of the book for delivery from Soma Nami. Space is limited for this free meetup, so please click below to RSVP.
Book club will be held at our retail location at 3.2 Farasi Lane, Lower Kabete, off Ngecha Rd. Look for the colorful flower gate behind Kabete Junior Academy School.