Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
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Narrated by:
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Anniwaa Buachie
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Thabang Makhubela
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By:
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Damilare Kuku
About this listen
One night, you will calmly put a knife to your husband's penis and promise to cut it off. It will scare him so much that the next day, he will call his family members for a meeting in the house. He will not call your family members, but you will not care.
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad is a collection of twelve short stories featuring characters with unique voices and stories that represent the diverse class, gender and ethnic melting pot that is Lagos.
There's a story of a young lady who tries to find her oyibo soulmate on the streets of Lagos; another of a pastor's wife who defends her husband from an allegation of adultery; a wife takes a knife to her husband's penis; a night of lust between a rising musician and his Instagram baddie takes an unexpected turn.
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad underscores with wit, humour, wisdom and sensitivity, the perils of trying to find lasting love and companionship in Africa's most notorious city.
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- Oche
- 26-08-24
Excellent storytelling - distracting pronunciation
I've only listened to the first chapter and I was hooked within the first few sentences. The writing is excellent. The choice of performer is baffling though. No disrespect to her, she did a great job bringing the story to life - but the local Lagos/Nigerian pronunciations, the expressions and names were mainly butchered. This would be the case for anyone who wasn't born and bred in Nigeria or by Nigerian parents, or having gone through intense Nigerian dialect coaching.
I suppose the international audience will be unable to tell the difference
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-10-24
Loved the different stories!
The accents were not quite authentic - maybe native speakers should have been used to narrate the stories.
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- Isaac Nketiah
- 11-05-24
Variety of stories
Loved the variety of stories and genres, each really delving into the characters and very interesting plots.
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- Lumsy
- 25-11-24
It captured the present culture in Nigeria
This is a lovely book and all the stories were relatable but I nearly gave up due to the poor interpretation of the Nigerian accent.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-06-24
IT WAS SO HARD TO GET TRU THE PRONOUNCATIONS
PERHAPS IF I WASN'T NIGERIAN I WONT FIND THIS AUDIBLE NARRATION JARRING, IRRITATING AND DISTRACTING FROM THE STORY.
IM BLOWN AWAY BY HOW BADLY THE PHRASES ARE BEING BUTCHERED. I HAVE TRIED AND TRIED TO GET TRU IT. STUCK ON CHAPTER 3 BECOZ THE NARRATORS USED FOR THIS, SPEAK WITH AN ACCENT THATS SO OOFFF PUTING FOR A BOOK ABOUT LAGOS. ARE THERE NO NIGERIAN OR OF NIGERIAN DECENT NARRATORS AVAILABLE WHO CAN PRONOUNCE WITHOUT GIVING THE ICK AND URRRRGHH GOSH MAKE IT STOP. IT HURTS BECAUSE I HAD HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS AND AS I STRUGGLE WITH EXTREME COGNITIVE FATIGUE AS A SYMTOM OF A CHRONIC ILLNESS, AUDIOBOOKS HELP ME GET THROUGH A BOOK FASTER THAN MY PACE, OF A YEAR OR MORE TO GET THROUGH A BOOK. BUT THIS I JUST HURGH IT HURTS TO LISTEN EVEN WHEN I SPEED UP THE PACE. FROM NOW ON, IF AN AUTHOR IS NOT THE THE ONE READING THE BOOK LIKE; 'CLAP WHEN YOU LAND' WHERE YOU GET THE ESSENCE, AND SENSE OF WHAT IS BEING PORTRAYED CLEARLY SO TRANSPORTATION TO THE WORLD OF THE BOOK IS EASY, IM NOT BUYING THE AUDIOBOOK. LESSON LEARNT.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Jide
- 23-11-24
the Contents and storyline
The Accent was off. Poor and artificial Nigerian accent. Sometimes very annoying to here how some words are pronounced. Eg Oyinbo, Surulere.
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- Chocolate Girl Reads
- 01-11-24
Needs to be re-recorded by new narrators
I was looking forward to this book but unfortunately the terrible audio narration made the experience horrible. I endured but wasn’t the best admittedly. I encourage writers to at least be in the audible process and let the narrator give your book justice. However, the writing style of the book was fairly. I don’t see this book being on my top 10 list.
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