ArticlesIfeoma Chinwuba
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Fiction
Entrepreneurial Igbo family drama contends with inner demons, societal forces
According to Nigerian writer Ifeoma Chinwuba, two areas of interest led her to write her new novel Sons of the East. “I wanted to chronicle a smidgen of the crosscurrents and issues churning inside us as a people,” she states. “As well, I’d interacted and interfaced with Igbo industrialists and entrepreneurs, whose lifestyle fascinated me and spurred me on to document the same for posterity.”