It is a book that I wrote during the course of my first year at Edinburgh and I am still quite shocked that it will be transformed into print next year. It was extremely hard to put this book down and 10x harder to not think about the story and its characters throughout the day. I won’t spoil it by revealing all the great conversation on this platform, but only mention it many months later for any newcomers who want to hear our thoughts on what it is like studying at Edinburgh from the perspective of a STEM student and one of the humanities.

A Letter Away From Asaba' is an account of the Asaba massacre during the Nigerian Civil War woven into a fictional narrative. I came across a book entitled The Asaba Massacre: Trauma, Memory, and the Nigerian Civil War by historians Elizabeth S. Claudia Efemini is an author and current History and Politics student at the University of Edinburgh. We spoke with Claudia about publishing, the history behind the story, and the importance of learning about colonialism and its ongoing effects. The lectures on oral history in the infamous Historian’s Toolkit and varying topics in my first-year courses helped me develop the analytical skills that I used to carefully embed historical information within an engaging fictional narrative.A Letter Away From Asaba , an epistolary novella, is a historical fictional narrative centred on the Asaba massacre of the Nigerian Civil War. The distance emphasizes this issue, making the form of communication even more crucial to the book's plot. Onome is an international student from Nigeria studying law at King’s College London whilst Chioma lives in Asaba, Nigeria.

Both characters were bold, courageous, and brilliantly written; they accomplished much more than individuals at their (fictional) time were able to. The cover beautifully encapsulates the story of Onome and Chioma as they respectively navigate the streets of London and Asaba faced with intense censorship following the Asaba massacre. A Letter Away From Asaba, an epistolary novella, is a historical fictional narrative centred on the Asaba massacre of the Nigerian Civil War. If you would like to attend the launch and hear me speak, please reserve your spot using the Eventbrite link: https://lnkd.I also hope to learn more about the culture in Quebec and further develop my French language skills. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Efemini does not refrain from straightforward and unapologetic honesty, transporting the reader with the courageous voices of Chioma and Onome. Sometimes our need to achieve a thing causes us to lose sight of the bigger picture, we burn ourselves out with rage or frustration leaving us with nothing.