Chigozie Obioma: An Orchestra of Minorities

Chigozie Obioma’s Booker shortlisted novel An Orchestra of Minorities is an epic tale driven by love and marred by hostility and racism. Nigerian chicken farmer, Chinonso, embarks on a Homerian journey to attain the respect of the family of the woman he wishes to marry.

Entirely narrated by Chinonso’s Chi (or guardian spirit), Chigozie’s masterful storytelling ask us to survey and relate to an individual’s spiritual life against the pitiful hostility of human prejudice. He speaks with writer Brannavan Gnanalingam.