Ghostroots by 'Pemi Aguda can preparethem for the future

can preparethem for the future as it comes barrelling down to meet them

murder truly was most foul

stocking fillers and secret Santa gifts

rivers scythed paths through mountains

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Ghostroots by 'Pemi Aguda can preparethem for the futureExploring the dark borders between psychology and superstition, these feverishly imaginative stories of trauma, betrayal, terror and love lay bare the forces of myth, tradition, gender, sexuality and modernity in Nigerian society. Here are characters cursed by guilt, bound by the ties of ancestors and community; or enchanted by the allure of mysticism and would be prophets. Powered by a deep empathy, and glinting with humour and insight, they announce