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One night, you will calmly put a knife to your husband's penis and promise to cut it off. It will scare him so much that the next day, he will call his family members for a meeting in the house. He will not call your family members, but you will not care.

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad is a collection of twelve short stories featuring characters with unique voices and stories that represent the diverse class, gender and ethnic melting pot that is Lagos.

There's a story of a young lady who tries to find her oyibo soulmate on the streets of Lagos; another of a pastor's wife who defends her husband from an allegation of adultery; a wife takes a knife to her husband's penis; a night of lust between a rising musician and his Instagram baddie takes an unexpected turn.

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad underscores with wit, humour, wisdom and sensitivity, the perils of trying to find lasting love and companionship in Africa's most notorious city.

©2022 Damilare Kuku (P)2024 Swift Press Audio African Anthologies & Short Stories Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories World Literature Marriage Africa
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This would have been so much better if it had been read by people with actual Nigerian accents - people who can actually pronounce words and names and places like Nigerians.
Unfortunately, the poor narration ruined the entire collection for me ☹️

The stories were very entertaining!

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Loved this collection of stories. I appreciated the female narrators passion, but the complete butchering of the Yoruba language and Nigerian accents was unfortunately very distracting. I found myself constantly correcting and repeating sentences and phrases the “right” way.

Intriguing stories

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I've only listened to the first chapter and I was hooked within the first few sentences. The writing is excellent. The choice of performer is baffling though. No disrespect to her, she did a great job bringing the story to life - but the local Lagos/Nigerian pronunciations, the expressions and names were mainly butchered. This would be the case for anyone who wasn't born and bred in Nigeria or by Nigerian parents, or having gone through intense Nigerian dialect coaching.

I suppose the international audience will be unable to tell the difference

Excellent storytelling - distracting pronunciation

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I think it would have helped for the reader to be someone who lives or grew up in Lagos. While the storyline is excellent, the reader's inability to pronounce Nigerian and Lagos names properly, sounding foreign, takes away a little bit from the authenticity of the story.

Great book, needs a more authentic reader

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This is a lovely book and all the stories were relatable but I nearly gave up due to the poor interpretation of the Nigerian accent.

It captured the present culture in Nigeria

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