Book 1: Nearly All Men in Lagos are Mad. Damilare KukuA collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity with the women who have survived romantic relationships with men in Lagos….it deftly analyses the various archetypes women are likely to encounter in the dating scene in the city – from serial cheaters, to mummy’s boys, from the ‘fake it till you make it’ adherents to the ones who can’t commit.
This book underscores with wit, humour, wisdom, and sensitivity the perils of trying to find lasting love and companionship in Africa’s craziest city that will prove universal and illuminating.
Book 2: Who Drove Nearly All Lagos Men Mad? Ugochukwu Ugonna
Deep in the heart of Lagos -- the center of excellence, from Festac to Ikeja, Surulere to Sangotedo, the sizzling love lives of the diverse humans parading the dating space of this boisterous city are examined through this collection of eleven short stories which begs the Who Drove Nearly All Lagos Men Mad?
There's a story of the wife of an Afrobeats legend living her best life, another of a girl returned to the streets where she belonged, a Christian nurse who could not afford to exceed a certain body count before marriage, a mother unsuspectingly raising a mad man in her toxic home, the guy satisfied with just-the-tip, another of a match that was made in heaven, a girl who swiped right for hook-up but fell in love, and another who wants to burn down her Grandma's house because of penis.
Through this collection of love stories and steamy romance heating up the city on a daily, we are compelled to objectively examine the role we may have played in the success, or failure, of our happily-ever-after tales.