by Jowhor Ile
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to many friends who read drafts, gave keys to their flats, forgave when I didn’t return calls or respond to e-mails and text messages, bought my round of drinks while I looked away: Adiela Orike (dear cousin-brother, for giving me my first home away from home), Jonah Dienye, Bobby Obi, Sylvia Ofili, Nnachi Nnachi, Yemi Akinwale (that Yoruba boy), Owukori Akuyibo, Mfoniso Udosen, Teinane Okpokiti, Abiodun Okunola, Bassey Essien, Philip Iyayi, Niyi Famuboni, Naakuu Paul-Birabi (self-declared “Afropolitan with Anglo-Saxon work ethic”—ha!), Gérard Tetegan, Boma Koko, Biebele Okpokiri, and Ilami Onyekwum, wherever she may be.
I thank Chimamanda Adichie for her matchless generosity of spirit; Ike Anya, waterer of seed; John Bond, for the kindness of that e-mail; Dominic Reilly, for speaking with me in Dothraki, and for much more.
Thank you to my agent, Sarah Chalfant, who makes the world seem easier than it really is; to Alba Ziegler-Bailey and Jacqueline Ko. I am grateful to Tim Duggan, my judicious editor; to Thomas Gebremedhin and everyone at Tim Duggan Books.
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