The Search for Hope.
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Last published Tue, Feb 1, 2022
This is a Nigerian queer book that displays the culture and way of living of queers in Nigeria, the book focuses on the merits and demerits of being a queer in Nigeria. Also, the book brings together the three major tribes in Nigeria. (Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa.)
Meet somtobechukwu a twenty-two years old Igbo man living in shackles of being a gay man in Nigeria. Join him and his best friend Chike on their search for hope despite the series of misfortune events that have befallen them.
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