In the StoryThe Songs She Never Heard
Reni has been deaf since birth. She remembers songs that actually exist. In Lagos, melodies surface in a life where they should not exist in this form. For Reni Adeyemi, the experience raises a private question before it becomes anyone else’s. Where do these songs come from? What do they say about the person she might have been?
Open the novel ↗A moment in the opening pages
Reni had installed two computers, a power strip, three A3 sheets covered in boxes, the small vibrating device she used to check bass, a pack of markers, and the black headphones belonging to Folarin, her sister’s fiancé. Between the fruit bowl and the edge of the tablecloth, she had taped a straight line no one was allowed to cross with a cup.Read the excerpt ↗