Sankofa

Utterly compelling … A disarmingly moving, surprisingly hilarious and fascinating journey * Stylist *
I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH. It explores identity, duality, belonging, racism, post-colonialism … and the writing style is beguilingly cool, wry, detached * Marian Keyes *
Onuzo displays astonishing imagination and versatility in this fantastic novel about a woman’s search for her personal, familial and national identity, delivered with deadpan humour in captivating prose * Sefi Atta *
Captivating… A beautiful book about a woman brave enough to discover her true identity * Reese Witherspoon (2021) *
Slick pacing and unpredict able developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel’s exhilarating ending * Guardian Book of the Day *
Onuzo’s sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation * New York Times Book Review *
A real pleasure, it’s funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism * Stylist Unmissable 2021 Fiction *
I loved venturing from London to the fictional African nation of Bamana in Sankofa, a novel I found hard to put down – Maggie Shipstead * Daily Mail *
A really great book, very poignant but also told really straight * Sara Cox, Radio Times *
A stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong * Time *
Wonderful. Poignant and powerful and so timely and the beautiful ending had me in tears, reminding me to look within as well as without for my answers * Stella Duffy, 2021 *
Spellbinding … Onuzu’s spare style elegantly cuts to the core of her themes. The balancing of Anna’s soul-searching with her thrilling discoveries makes for a satisfying endeavour * Publishers Weekly *
Unscrupulous politicians, irresponsible journalism, and the yawning gap between rich and poor feel deeply personal as Anna’s journey unfolds … Fresh and new * Library Journal *
A hugely compelling novel about identity and the stories we tell about ourselves * Anna James (2021) *
An engagingly written journey of self-discovery * Kirkus Reviews *
Uniquely layered and lovingly written * Ms Magazine *

Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Her life so far spans two military dictatorships, one internet revolution, two boarding schools, five grandmothers and a first book deal signed at nineteen. Chibundu’s first novel, The Spider King’s Daughter, was published by Faber in 2012 and was the winner of a Betty Trask Award, shorted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Etisalat Literature Prize. Her second novel, Welcome to Lagos, was published by Faber in 2017 and shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award. In 2018 Chibundu was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, as part of its “40 Under 40” initiative. She contributes regularly to the Guardian, has done a talk for Tedx and her autobiographical show 1991, featuring narrative, music, song and dance, premiered in a sell-out show at Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival in 2018.

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