Rotimi babatunde biography books

"The truth is, I've become a political refugee...," Makelekele tried to explain, "I no longer have a passport. I'm a citizen of nowhere."

The year is 1977. Jason Makelekele treads where angels fear to tread as he investigates the murder of an oil tycoon for his column. During a trip to Bonn, Germany, he is disavowed by his country and becomes a stateless person. While he wonders if he will ever see the family and friends he has left behind, Cold War Germany is historically charged with what will be remembered as the German Autumn-a set of events associated with kidnappings by the Red Army Faction. 

Midway between neo-noir, political novel and postmodern romp, Twilight of Crooks takes liberties with history, changing names and events such that the line between history and alternative history becomes blurred.

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Books by Rotimi Babatunde

Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara
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3.56 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
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4.04 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions

Twenty Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing
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3.74 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions

Snapshots - Nouvelles voix du Caine Prize
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3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014

The Best of Fiction on the Web
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4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2018

Bombay's Republic
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3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings

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Rotimi Babatunde’s Melancholy Travel Theme Revisits unadorned Irony representative History

 

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