Thank you so much for sharing this! You articulated the muddled thoughts that have always felt a little scattered the last couple years very very well. I hope publishing and readers alike finally embrace that many things they see as mere mythology are very *real* beliefs
Wow!! This is really good and I appreciate your thoughts on Masquerade not to be classified as fantasy. It’s quite telling because none of the characters have any “powers” based off Orisa (other than children of blood & bone by Tomi Adeyemi for example). So why would they think to tag it as fantasy when its purely about Ododo navigating the court of Yoruba land. It also hurts that people made comments on the names being too complicated. That’s outrageous!! Our names have meaning and life ingrained in each syllable. It’s part of us and our story.
I also want to thank you for highlighting West Africa. It reminded me how the countries surrounding us today were one once. Even then, different parts practiced different things, including Nigeria today!! We’re so diverse and I love us 🥺
Thank you for writing this. I can’t wait to read more!! The playlist??? Yes please 🤭🤭
It’s funny, when I bought it and saw the cover, I thought fantasy. After reading it, I was like I just read the first historical fiction that I loved. The setting was something I didn’t I know I needed in my books, I love thinking about Western Africa before Europeans colonized.
Thank you so much for sharing this! You articulated the muddled thoughts that have always felt a little scattered the last couple years very very well. I hope publishing and readers alike finally embrace that many things they see as mere mythology are very *real* beliefs
Wow!! This is really good and I appreciate your thoughts on Masquerade not to be classified as fantasy. It’s quite telling because none of the characters have any “powers” based off Orisa (other than children of blood & bone by Tomi Adeyemi for example). So why would they think to tag it as fantasy when its purely about Ododo navigating the court of Yoruba land. It also hurts that people made comments on the names being too complicated. That’s outrageous!! Our names have meaning and life ingrained in each syllable. It’s part of us and our story.
I also want to thank you for highlighting West Africa. It reminded me how the countries surrounding us today were one once. Even then, different parts practiced different things, including Nigeria today!! We’re so diverse and I love us 🥺
Thank you for writing this. I can’t wait to read more!! The playlist??? Yes please 🤭🤭
I loved Masquerade and I really appreciate your insightful thoughts about it. I am excited to read more of your work in the future!
It’s funny, when I bought it and saw the cover, I thought fantasy. After reading it, I was like I just read the first historical fiction that I loved. The setting was something I didn’t I know I needed in my books, I love thinking about Western Africa before Europeans colonized.