Chigozie Obioma combines classic African storytelling with contemporary fiction in this haunting fable suffused with supernatural power
An Orchestra of Minorities
Written by Chigozie Obioma
- Shortlisted
- The Booker Prize 2019
- Published by Little, Brown
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In the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about the tension between destiny and determination
On a bridge in Nigeria, Chinonso, a young poultry farmer, come across a woman who is about to jump to her death. Horrified, he hurls two of his prized chickens into the water, to demonstrate the severity of the fall. The woman, Ndali, is moved by his sacrifice and the pair fall in love. Her rich family object to the union because he is uneducated, so he sells his possessions to attend a college in Cyprus. But Cyprus disappoints, and Chinonso only seems to be getting further from his dream…
Chigozie Obioma
Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, and judged the prize in 2021
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