Life In Between: Awkaeke Emezi on their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji

Joined by writer Awkaeke Emezi to discuss their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji

By LARB Radio HourAugust 17, 2020

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Hosts Eric and Medaya are joined by the writer Awkaeke Emezi, whose new novel The Death of Vivek Oji, explores the life and death of a young transgender person, Vivek, who is discovering and navigating his identity in contemporary Nigeria. We talk with Akwaeke about what inspired this story, their own life and childhood in Nigeria, and how they think about work as an “artist and writer based in liminal spaces”, as they put it.

Also, Aminatow Sow, co-author of Big Friendship, returns to recommend Nessa Rapoport's new novel Evening.