CALAMITY ANGST. A new book by Omoseye Bolaji
CALAMITY ANGST
BY OMOSEYE BOLAJI
Essays on Books, Authors, Xenophobia, the Internet, et al
Published by ESELBY JNR PUBLICATIONS
South Africa
To be published in 2020
All Rights Reserved
Copyright Omoseye Bolaji
An Eselby Jnr Publications production
Contact email: soqaga.ishmael@gmail.com
GENERAL EDITOR: Ishmael Mzwandile Soqaga
From the blurb:
“Hence it is no surprise that in the wake of the attacks, the so-called xenophobic attacks in South Africa, people keep on asking me: how did you cope with the situation over there, how did you survive for so many years there?
“Well - my answer, the honest one is often unpopular with many back home. Which is in the main I did not experience xenophobia there; if anything it was the opposite… a lot of munificence and goodwill came my way. South Africa provided a healthy, febrile environment for me to grow as a writer…”
Thereafter follows a voyage around pristine literature. But of course, Omoseye Bolaji, (above) author of dozens of books originally published in South Africa is in his element holding forth on literature, mainly African authors and books, reviewing and critiquing diverse works in brisk, breathtaking fashion. Here he provides glimpses into vistas of
sweeping literary splendour, touching on scores of writers…
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The book, Calamity Angst will be published in January, 2020
The book, Calamity Angst will be published in January, 2020
OTHER BOOKS BY OMOSEYE BOLAJI
The Termagant
They Never Say When
Eagles at USA 94
Snippets
Impossible Love
Fillets of Plaice
Tebogo Investigates
The story of Collins Mokhotho
The Ghostly Adversary
Tebogo's spot of bother
The Guillotine
You never know with Women
The Quack of QwaQwa
Gilbert Modise: The man and the myth (with Flaxman Qoopane)
Thoughts on Free State Writing
Tebogo Fails
People of the Townships
Molebogeng Alitta Mokhioa
Ask Tebogo
My Opinion
Reverie
The subtle Transgressor
My Life and Literature
Poems from Mauritius
Omoseye Bolaji: On awards, authors, literature
Tebogo and the Haka
Tebogo and the epithalamion
Tebogo and the pantophagist
Miscellaneous Writings
Tebogo and the Bacchae
It Couldn't Matter Less
Kunle Apantaku
Tebogo in the thick of things
Collected Poems
Far Up! Far Out! Far More!
Windmills of the Dames
Cognoscenti
Sorry You've been Troubled
Further Glimpses into African Literature (with I.M Soqaga)
Tebogo and Uriah Heep
Another new work! Mr Bolaji lives and breathes for Literature. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteA new book coming out is always exhilarating for bibliophiles...
ReplyDeleteGIWA
ReplyDeleteCongratulations are in order yet again. Mr Bolaji has written so many books, many of them unforgettable and thrilling. In recent times, he has been focusing on literary criticism and evaluation – and this his new work is in this mould.
I'm so happy about your new book to be published in 2020 Prof Bolaji. Really no one can confirm you and say you retired from literature.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for your new book, in talking about your experience and current situation in South Africa.
What can one say? For we regular readers of Mr Bolaji this is very exciting indeed. One can hardly imagine the type of passion and dedication and talent of a writer who over the years and decades keeps on bringing out books. It is a boost for African literature, a celebration of the positive, creative aspect of being African.
ReplyDeleteUncle Bolaji has published so many genres of books that one cannot but celebrate his legacy. For many of us his creation of the African detective, Tebogo Mokoena is his greatest achievement, with so many studies, essays and books already produced by pundits on the detective. Congratulations on this new work
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Congratulations, Mr Bolaji. A real celebration of African Writing
ReplyDeleteTo be a prolific writer has its own problems - take iconic Chinua Achebe for example, we think we have done well to read his book, Things Fall Apart, or to have read some of his five novels. Then we realise that he published more than 20 books, and how many of them can we read? Bolaji's case is not much different. Maybe, as ladies we read his powerful novel, Impossible Love, and then we get to know that he has published dozens of books. There are experts on his works who have read virtually all he's written, but this cannot be the case with the average reader. The awe inspiring list of his books here gives us an idea of the scale of his achievement. Now, another new book is out, or almost out. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteThank you Madolyn, that is true. Few African writers are as prolific as Mr Bolaji.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations my friend.
ReplyDeleteAll of a sudden; 2020 seems so far, I can't wait to read this book Malome. I can tell it's gonna be a very good read just as each and every book you've published.
ReplyDeleteKealeboha, Ma'am!!
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DeleteExcellent development. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteTo think that over ten years ago, Mr Bolaji was already highly honoured, thanks to his Writings. For example, he was given accolade by the university, he was also honoured with Chieftaincy in Africa, one would have thought that his incentive to write and publish would wane. But is incredible to realise that over the last ten years, he has published at least another ten new books, with an added maturity that makes him now largely focus on the profundity and appreciation of diverse African literature over the years
ReplyDeleteI remember that the first Bolaji book I read was his novel, The ghostly adversary. I could not put it down, as it was so exciting and even spooky. Then I heard that his best piece of fiction was Impossible Love, and I was to read it too. It is an interesting book, quite serious and absorbing in its own way, but there is no way I would rate it as high as Ghostly Adversary. Then I read many of the Tebogo detective books, inferior to Bolaji's major novels, but still quite readable. Actually a few of the books reach quite a high standard, especially Tebogo and the Bacchae. I think it is commendable that Bolaji has been giving back to African literature too, with his essays, reviews, and critiques of a large number of African writers and their books. From previews of this new book, one can acknowledge what he has done, been doing. But I would still hope that he can still write more novels, or general works of fiction.
ReplyDeleteTremendous work of fiction, Impossible Love. What a book!
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