In this conversation with poet and James Baldwin lookalike Ogaga Ifowodo, I try to get at his purpose for writing a book about the June 12 crises, and what exactly he means by “the intimacy of evil”. His collection, A Good Mourning (Paressia, 2016) is an engaging work of competence and style (review here).

I also wanted to know why now since the June 12 crises has faded to the background of Nigeria’s socio-political memory. What did he think of the role of a writer in society, and what is the limit of writing in effecting change.

Watch the conversation below.

Read the previous reviews, and watch previous interviews, here.