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African Authors And Diversity In Publishing With Tolulope Popoola

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Channel: The Creative Penn · 2016 · Education

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Tolulope Popoola is the author of flash fiction, romance and short stories and she's also a publishing consultant and coach. She is Nigerian but lives in London. Today we talk about diversity in publishing.

    How Tolu got started with blogging, writing and moved into self-publishing
    The problem of being labelled “ethnic fiction”
    Why Nigerians have close ties with the UK
    How publishing currently works in Nigeria
    How Nigerian readers find books and read digitally on mobile and devices
    Self-publishing among African authors in Nigeria and Britain and the problems of global payments. The petition for an Amazon store in Nigeria after the launch in India.
    The concerns of African authors and how we can promote diversity in publishing
    It's time to get away from the single narrative that is “allowed” for African writers. Here are some examples of African genre fiction authors to try out.

    Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor – if you want to read Fantasy/Sci-fi
    Kiru Taye (she has several books and series) – if you want to read sizzling Romance
    Satans and Shaitans by Obinna Udenwe if you want to read Nigerian Thriller
    Making Wolf by Tade Thompson for Crime/Thriller and Speculative Fiction
    The Reluctant Dead by Nuzo Onoh for African Horror

    You can find Tolulope's books here on Amazon and her services for authors at http://www.AccomplishPress.com

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