Not So Terrible People

On the 28th of March 2022, a train from Abuja to Kaduna is attacked by terrorists. A month before, a young woman with big dreams finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Five years before then, two best friends survive a horrific assault that alters the course of their lives. In a mosque, a madman weeps every night in the room where an old man died. Each story in Nana Sule’s debut collection, Not So Terrible People , is intricately linked and skilfully crafted. Grand themes, ideas and concepts are deftly explored, creating a prism effect where every story is like tilting the angle to catch a different wavelength, or perspective, of life. From the heavens to a souk in Kano; from the dorms in Ahmadu Bello University to a chemist shop in Kurmi; from domestic disputes to grand conspiracies; ordinary-seeming people will collide with ancient, unthinkable power.