"Resistance to Prescription" Jowhor Ile

We conclude our one-to-one conversation with the shortlisted writers for the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. Today’s guest is Jowhor Ile, a Nigerian writer, author of the novel And After Many Days and visiting professor at West Virginia university whose story, Fisherman Stew is vying for the £10,000 prize. We use the music of Fela Kuti, Sade, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Onyeka Owenu, Cardinal Rex Lawson and more as selected by Jowhor to discuss food as an expression of love in his story Fisherman's Stew - an intimate otherworldly love story. We also explore the process of conveying intimacy in writing, reflecting older women in romantic relationships and Jowhor’s writing habit. Listen to the playlist of the songs referenced in this episode Spotify, Deezer and YouTube The winner of the AKO Caine Prize will be announced online . Read the 2020 AKO Caine Prize shortlisted stories here .

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"Resistance to Prescription" Jowhor Ile is an episode from Books & Rhymes: The Podcast by Sarah Ozo-Irabor.

This episode is 1:19:28 long.

This episode was published on Jul 27, 2020.

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