Griots and Galaxies: ‘Pemi Aguda

This week’s episode of Griots and Galaxies features a conversation with hosts Chinelo Onwualu, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, and guest ‘Pemi Aguda from Lagos, Nigeria. ‘Pemi is the author of ‘One Leg on Earth’ and ‘Ghost Roots’, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Awards in Fiction, the LA Times First Fiction Prize, and the Penn Faulkner Award. In this episode, they discuss the connecting line of setting, symbolism, and spirituality in her stories, how it ties in to ‘Pemi’s background in architecture, and the importance of facing evocative subject matter head-on in speculative fiction.