Season of Crimson Blossoms
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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is a Nigerian writer and journalist. His debut novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms (Cassava Republic 2016) won the $100,000 NLNG Prize for Literature. He is a Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fellow (2013) and a Civitella Ranieri Fellow (2015). Ibrahim was a 2018 Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In May 2018 he was announced as the winner of the Michael Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, awarded by the International Center for Journalists in New York.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Such an unlikely story of a good Muslim widow taking a young lover, a criminal from the wrong side of the tracks who nonetheless ignited her desires in ways she never imagined possible. The jarring contradictions between the two, between religious and gender norms and expectations in modern Nigeria make for an enlightening read with surprising finds popping up everywhere. The fact that this novel is written by a man who gets into the core of Binta’s feelings and reveals them so exquisitely is truly amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed it although I wished some of the Hausa texts were translated. Highly recommended.