Abidemi Sanusi
Encyclopedia
Abidemi Sanusi was born in Lagos
, and was educated in the UK. She attended Leeds University, worked as a human rights
worker, now runs a writing services company in the UK. She is the author of several fiction and devotional books and writes for church titles such as Inspiring Women Everyday and Day by Day with God.
publishers who couldn't publish some of my work as it didn't fit their remit". During this time she was editing two online magazines and running a personal website. In 2004, she secured book contracts with two different publishers.
Kemi's Journal is her first work of fiction followed by Zack's Story of Life, Love and Everything. God has daughters too is a devotional book written about 10 women of the Old Testament.
Her most recent novel, Eyo, published by WordAlive Publishers
was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize
.
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
, and was educated in the UK. She attended Leeds University, worked as a human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
worker, now runs a writing services company in the UK. She is the author of several fiction and devotional books and writes for church titles such as Inspiring Women Everyday and Day by Day with God.
History
Sanusi had talked with a number of publishers and received "...'rave rejections' from ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
publishers who couldn't publish some of my work as it didn't fit their remit". During this time she was editing two online magazines and running a personal website. In 2004, she secured book contracts with two different publishers.
Kemi's Journal is her first work of fiction followed by Zack's Story of Life, Love and Everything. God has daughters too is a devotional book written about 10 women of the Old Testament.
Her most recent novel, Eyo, published by WordAlive Publishers
WordAlive Publishers
WordAlive Publishers provides transformational content by publishing, marketing and distributing excellent Christian books that make a difference in people’s lives in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond...
was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Writers is an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth. It's flagship are two literary awards and a website...
.
Works published
- EyoEyoEyo is an eponymous novel, written by Abidemi Sanusi and published by WordAlive Publishers. In this novel, the author brings out the twin issues of child trafficking and sex slavery, painfully living through the experiences of the many children that are trafficked to Europe each year...
(2009) - Kemi's Journal (2005)
- God has daughters too' (2006)
- Zack's Story of Life, Love and Everything (2006)