Africanish Womanhood, the Body in Between: Esinam Bediako and Itoro Bassey in Conversation
Esinam Bediako, a Ghanaian American writer from Detroit, and Itoro Bassey, a Nigerian American writer born in Houston and raised in New England, are both debut, second-generation African-diasporic authors. Bediako’s debut, Blood on the Brain, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press in September, and Bassey’s debut, Faith, was published by Malarkey Books in 2022. Both books navigate the identity-building of young women who are trying to find a place in a world that is far removed from the one they’ve mostly been raised in.
Itoro Bassey’s debut novel is a different kind of immigrant story
What is the cost of charting your own path and seeking answers to heal age-old family wounds?
In Honor of Difficult Choices: A Review of Faith by Itoro Bassey.
There are books that make you remember other books fondly.
Francois Bereaud on Faith, a novel by Itoro Bassey
With her debut novel Faith, the Nigerian-American writer Itoro Bassey announces herself as one of the next voices in this powerful tradition.
“A thought-provoking novel on familial expectations of love and loyalty,”
Faith is a tale of different women separated by generation and geography but connected by trauma and sacrifice.