![]() ![]() Reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe was the first time I felt grounded in a world much like my own, and it was the first book that birthed a curiosity in me about the power of stories and the magic of creating them. I grew up devouring stories by Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, and any African literature I could get my hands on. Back then, my mom was a teacher, so we always had piles of books around the house. I grew up in Nigeria and lived there for twelve years before moving to Canada. The decision to write about my Yoruba culture was intentional. ![]() ![]() At the time, I had no idea how much the story would evolve, but I knew I wanted to write a book about a young girl descended from the Orisha gods who was grappling with the loss of her identity and culture. I was in my early twenties, a Psychology student in my second year at university, when I had the first spark of idea for Blood Scion. ![]()
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