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A Love Like This

A Short Story

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A sweeping, evocative short story that spans decades, A Love Like This is a captivating tale of love and self-discovery from award-winning Nigerian author Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.

Yarima Lalo believes he has been murdered twice before. The cause? Love. To make sense of these vivid memories he cannot shake, he travels from Abuja to Kano with his new friend and love interest Aziza to meet an old woman who he might have known in a past life. She is skeptical at first - and hesitant to revisit painful memories of her own - but together, they dig deeper and deeper into the past, piecing together a shared history with ripple effects that could shape Lalo’s future.

©2021 Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC.
Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Magical Realism Heartfelt Scary Short Stories
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About the Creator

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is a Nigerian writer and journalist. He is the author of the short story collection The Whispering Trees (2012), the novel Season of Crimson Blossoms (2015), and his latest collection, Dreams and Assorted Nightmares (2020). As well as being a Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fellow (2013), a Civitella Ranieri Fellow (2015), and a Dora Maar Fellow (2020) Abubakar has been nominated for various awards, including the Caine Prize (2013) and Etisalat Prize for Literature (2014). He won the BBC African Performance Playwriting Competition (2007), The Amatu Braide Prize for Prose (2008) and the Nigeria Prize for Literature (2016) and the Goethe Institut/Sylt Foundation African Writer Residency Award, the same year. He was also included in the Hay Festival Africa 39 (list of the most promising sub-Saharan African writers under 40). His works have been translated into several international languages.

About the Performer

Nene Nwoko is a trained multilingual voice and screen actress living in the United States of America. Born and raised in Nigeria, Nene is fluent in English, Pidgin English, and Igbo. While growing up in a household infused with performing arts and education, her love for visual story telling bloomed. She spent much of her time performing in school productions from elementary school through college and then went on to train at the prestigious Identity School of Acting. Nene is also the Founder and Producer of Bufine Productions. A production company dedicated to telling stories that make the heart smile.

About the Performer

Georgina Elizabeth Okon is a British-born, Nigerian actor, voice over artist, and singer based in Los Angeles. Her body of work includes voiceover roles in the feature film, Black Panther, Simply Black, and television series Scorpion, The Break, Unit 42, Mortel; her on camera roles include the Television Series Bob Hearts Abishola, Shrill; the documentary film Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy, the short film Fugitive Zero for which she received 7 "Best Supporting Actress" awards.

Intriguing Storyline • Beautiful Love Story • Excellent Narration • Emotionally Resonant • Hauntingly Beautiful
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The story finished waaay too soon. the narrations were excellent and I was right there, feeling those deep feelings with them.
Bravo!!!👌🏿👌🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🔥

A.love.story you simply MUST listen to!!

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I really loved the story, bitter sweet love, lose, and the deep yearning of "What if and If only".

Taken Back

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Abubakar is definitely one of Nigeria's finest writers and this work reemphasises it. Thank you for such a fantastic story.

The story...this story is diamond!

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I had to play back some parts to grasp the fullness of this mesmerizing story. I loved the fantastic past and present elements and the mystical, magical take on reincarnation. A MUST READ!

A Complex Tale ...

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I wish I could have gone on an adventure with these two. Someone should turn this into a TV series. This book is the first season. Finding [the bad guy] could be the second season. As long as it’s set in West Africa with an African cast.

Loved it, too short!

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this story resonated with my heart. I really could feel the feelings the characters were experiencing just by the way they read the story. I loved it👍

absolutely great

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I was compelled to keep reading from the beginning and I did not want the story to end. I don’t want to be responsible for any spoilers so I will just say I loved this complicated little story.

Beautiful and Compelling

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I would love to hear more by this author and maybe a continuation to this story line. IT WAS INCREDIBLE!

MORE!

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This quickly became one of my favorites in AfroLit. Will look for more by this author. The narration was very good as well!

Excellent!

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It was soooooo good… short and to the point but I still want more!!!! :-). So good



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