Award-winning journalist and former PUNCH news editor, Oladimeji Ramon, has said his childhood memories and early exposure to Yoruba traditional beliefs inspired his debut fiction work, Beautiful Nothing.
The collection of short stories, which explores the line between the physical and spiritual worlds, is scheduled for release in October.
Published by TBLNG Press under its Vepo imprint, the book features stories that Ramon said were influenced by his childhood experiences and the tension between traditional beliefs and Western or scientific worldviews.
In a statement on Friday, Ramon said, “While some of these beliefs are difficult to prove or impossible to verify empirically, neither can they be dismissed as unreal.
“This is the sort of concept that continues to agitate my mind and has become the background for a lot of my fictional works.”
He added that several of the stories were also shaped by his journalistic instinct to investigate and
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