Find out how Africans are rewriting the history of their continent and listen to Ọgọ Ogbata discuss her inspiring debut novel, Egg-Larva-Pupa-Woman, on the BBC World Service’s Premier Breakfast Show – ‘Network Africa’!
Be sociable; please share this with others!Defying all odds
On January 12, 2010, a 7 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, wrecking havoc on its presidential palace, UN HQ and other buildings. At least 150,000 people were killed and a large number rendered destitute. These are the life lessons I have drawn from this event.
Be sociable; please share this with others!Egg-Larva-Pupa-Woman is an intimate portrait of a woman who defies all odds economically, emotionally and socially… a woman who is sculpted, by the unpleasant circumstances of life, into a breathing work of art. What are the odds in your own life? What die-hard battles have you fought? What issues are you grappling with – still?
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