![]() ![]() But in the end I could not bear to leave out any of the 55 African countries. ![]() My first idea was a rather complicated Alphabet book. I wanted to focus on the things that intrigue and inspire me about the whole of the African continent, without any focus on story at all.Īt first I didn't know how I was going to go about writing a book about the African continent. Through my fiction I share with children all over the world the fun and joy and colour and craziness of Nigerian life.īut I got to the point of wanting to write solely about the facts that fascinate me. My love of the cultures and colours of the country of my birth, Nigeria, is one of the driving factors of my fiction. The richest person that ever lived was a King of Mali who caused the first banking crisis in Europe! I am intrigued by it's waterfalls and snowy mountains, by it's crazy chaotic cities and blinding deserts, by the diversity of it's languages and its tales of ancient kingdoms and rulers. All my life I have been fascinated by continent of my birth. The fantastic Atinuke tells us about writing Amazing Africa and reconnecting with the continent of her birth. ![]()
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