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The fiction of Tanure Ojaide occupies a significant slot in contemporary Nigerian/African literature. He is the author of the novels The Activist, Sovereign Body, Matters of the Moment, Stars of the Long Night, as well as the short story collections The Old Man in the State House, God's Medicine Men & Other Stories, and The Debt Collector. Known for his numerous accomplishments as a poet, this book brings to readers the author's attempt to capture the social, cultural, and political climate of his homeland. The stories offer fresh insights into the human condition. Ojaide's fiction has distinctively evolved in themes and craft over the years. The conflicts encountered by his characters provide useful insights into the Nigerian experience through an imaginative platform that makes the post-colonial era relevant to the present.

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