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Radio Sunrise

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Pub Date 1 Jan 2017 | Archive Date 8 Mar 2022


Description

Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2018.
"Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope," Boniface had said. "It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country."

Ifiok, a young journalist working for the government radio station in Lagos, Nigeria, always aspires to do the right thing, but the odds seem to be stacked against him. Government pressures cause the funding to his radio drama to get cut off, his girlfriend leaves him when she discovers he is having an affair with an intern, and kidnappings and militancy are on the rise in the country. When Ifiok travels to his hometown to do a documentary on some ex-militants’ apparent redemption, a tragi-comic series of events will make him realise he is unable to swim against the tide of corruption.

Building on the legacy of the great African satirist tradition of Ngugi Wa Thiongo and Ayi Kwei Armah, Radio Sunrise paints a sharp-tongued portrait of (post) post-colonial Nigeria.

Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2018.
"Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope," Boniface had said. "It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country."

Ifiok, a young...


Marketing Plan

  • For fans of Marina Lewycka, Elnathan John, Igoni A Barrett

  • Anietie Isong is part of an exciting wave of contemporary, fresh voices

    coming out of Nigeria and the African continent

  • Winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Award and finalist of the

    Remember Oluwale Writing Prize

  • Isong is a former journalist with ties to the media in the UK and Nigeria.

  • Highly reviewable – endorsements and reviews expected from multiple


  • For fans of Marina Lewycka, Elnathan John, Igoni A Barrett

  • Anietie Isong is part of an exciting wave of contemporary, fresh...


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