Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan – Review

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Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan

Cross-country passengers on a Luxury Bus stare at television screens relaying live news coverage of massacres: “The audio was so clear that the refugees could hear the slurp of machetes slashing into flesh and the final cries of the victims.” Adding insult to absurdity, new decrees from “the federal democratic government” are also announced, including a ban on the transport of corpses. The army is authorized to stop any bus being used for this purpose.

Powell’s Books – Review-a-Day – Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan, reviewed by Rain Taxi.