God's Children Are Little Broken Things

Winner of the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize

By: Arinze Ifeakandu

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Paperback | 8 August 2023 | Edition Number 1

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These nine stories of queer male intimacy brim with simmering secrecy, ecstasy, loneliness and love in their depictions of what it means to be gay in contemporary Nigeria.

A man revisits the university campus where he lost his first love, aware now of what he couldn't understand then. A daughter returns home to Lagos after the death of her father, forced to face her past - and future -relationship with his longtime partner. A young musician rises to fame at the risk of losing himself, and the man who loves him.

Generations collide, families break and are remade, languages and cultures intertwine, and lovers find their ways to futures; from childhood through adulthood; on university campuses, city centres, and neighbourhoods where church bells mingle with the morning call to prayer.

About the Author

Arinze Ifeakandu was born in Kano, Nigeria. An AKO Caine Prize for African Writing finalist and A Public Space Writing Fellow, he is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is pursuing his PhD at Florida State University. His work has appeared in A Public Space, One Story, and Guernica.
God's Children Are Little Broken Things is his first book.

Industry Reviews

Although he writes about queer lives and loves in Nigeria, Arinze Ifeakandu's voice is sensually alert to the human and universal in every situation. A brilliant new talent

The kind of writer who can catch you off balance with sudden, lucid slants of feeling - TLS

Magic in motion . . . A staggering, heartshattering show

Gorgeous . . . Full of subtlety, wisdom and heart

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