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|title=The Fishermen

|sort=Fishermen, The

|publisher=ONE

|date=February 2015

|summary=A beautifully observed account of childhood cut short in 1990s Nigeria.

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This book is essentially a cautionary family tale of four brothers and the way they react to a prophecy about them by the local madman. It is also, in a sense, a coming-of-age story where Ben, the young narrator, is plunged into premature adulthood under the most brutal of circumstances. And it is about brotherly love. None of these descriptions, however, convey the fact that this book is written by an exciting new voice in African literary fiction.

For a look at a different type of childhood in another African country, have a look at [[The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg]]. [[The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe]] is a set of autobiographical essays by a Nigerian author, including sections on Nigerian history and culture.

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