Lives of great men

From Victoria Island, Lagos to Brooklyn, USA to Accra, Ghana to Paris, France; from across the Diaspora to the heart of the African continent, in this memoir Nigerian journalist Chike Frankie Edozien offers a highly personal series of contemporary snapshots of same gender loving Africans, unsung Great Men living their lives and finding joy in the face of great adversity.

“… an incredibly powerful portrayal of what it means to be a gay Nigerian man. But what makes this book so outstanding is its tender and insightful exploration of all the complicated, unspoken bonds in our most intimate relationships. In prose that is at once engaging and inquisitive, Edozien holds the human heart to light and find the ways it manages to survive despite it all,” – Maaza Mengiste, author of Beneath the Lion’s Gaze. “Frankie Edozien writes with an urgency that is compelling, with a vulnerable honesty that is disarming and impressive, and with elegance about his life and subject so risky yet necessary. This is not a memoir of coming out gay in Nigeria as much as it is a call to step into our humanity. A necessary and courageous book.” - Chris Abani, author of GraceLand and The Secret History of Las Vegas

A professor of journalism at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, Chike Frankie Edozien was this year awarded the university’s Martin Luther King, Jr Faculty Award for excellence in teaching, community building, social justice advocacy and leadership. Since 2008, he has directed the Institute’s Ghana-based ‘Reporting Africa’ program. He has written about government, health and cultural issues for The New York Times, The Times (UK), Vibe magazine, Time magazine, Out Traveler, Blackaids.org, The Advocate, Quartz, among others. He co-founded the AFRican magazine and was its editor-in-chief. A 2008 Kaiser Foundation fellow for Global Health Reporting for his reporting on the impact of HIV/AIDS particularly among Africans, Edozien has also covered crime, courts, labour issues, human services, public health and politics at New York Post and its City Hall Reporter. Currently, he contributes to the Arise News Network where he reports weekly on issues in sub-Saharan Africa.

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