Blacksands Books launches it’s second title
‘Unbridled’ by author Jude Dibia
Publication date: 01 April 2007
ISBN 13: 978-9-7807-9396-8
About the author:
Jude Dibia is a Nigerian writer. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria and has lived there most of his life. His first published work was
a novella, titled ‘Full Cycle’ in 1999. His novel ‘Walking With Shadows’ was short listed for the
ANA/NDDC Ken Saro Wiwa Prose Prize 2006. His short stories have appeared in various publications including on-line literary
journals like www.africanwriter.net and www.blackbiro.com.
Praise for Walking With Shadows
“…Dibia’s debut novel is a fine and compelling work.” –
Prof. Chris Dunton, writer, critic, Dean of Humanities, National University of Lesotho, South Africa.
“By daring to tell the untold stories Jude Dibia has carved a niche for himself
in the chequered march of Nigerian literature. Walking With Shadows is a trailblazing work of searing courage.” –
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, writer, poet.
Unbridled
Based in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, Unbridled chronicles the story of a young
woman, Ngozi, who suffers various aspects of abuse from her family.
Ngozi Akachi is a somewhat regular village girl of exquisite beauty, light-skinned and
haunted by the strange storm that ravages her village on the night of her birth—a story her mother would tell her repeatedly.
She is sent to Lagos to live with an uncle after her innocence was snatched away from her by a member of
her family. In Lagos, she suffers cruelty from her aunt and forges a strange friendship with another girl, Tiffany Okoro, who comes from
a different world all together.
And so her strange journey in life’s lessons begins—a journey that would
lead her eventually to England and the many trials she would face until she finds her true voice.
Blacksands Books: Press Release
March 2007.
