The Rhythm of Memory and Magic in Michael Olobadola’s ‘Owuro Rising’ by Servio Gbadamosi
Michael Olugbenga Olobadola’s Owuro Rising is a novel that gestures towards poetry, not in the conventional sense of form or metre, but in the texture of its language, the way it listens to voice, silence, and affect. The book is the first volume of a trilogy and does not rush to deliver a self-contained arc. It establishes…