A Small Silence by Jumoke Verissimo
Jumoke Verissimo’s A Small Silence is a lyrical and psychologically dense novel that explores the themes of trauma, memory, and the search for identity in post-dictatorship Nigeria. The narrative centers on Prof (Eniolorunda Durotimi Akanni), a former university professor and human rights activist who is released from prison in 2005 after a ten-year incarceration during …