Odafe Atogun

Odafe Atogun was born in Nigeria, in the town of Lokoja, where the Rivers Niger and Benue meet. Now a full-time writer, he is married and lives in Abuja.

Wake Me When I'm Gone

The powerful second novel - about grief, love, motherhood and breaking the rules - from one of the most exciting new literary voices in contemporary African writing

“It was in the painting that I first saw myself as countless suitors had often described me. Before then, I would frown at my face in a hand-held mirror, wondering what they saw that made me so beautiful in their eyes.”

Wake Me When I'm Gone

“An evocative allegory about the endless contest between good and evil… As in his first novel, Taduno’s Song, Atogun has combined folkloric elements with a strong central character to create a haunting and unusual narrative.”

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Guardian

“When music is silent you hear the laughter of the tyrant”

Taduno's Song

Odafe Atogun