Abubakar Adam Ibrahim on audible’s afrolit series

Stories from Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, an award-winning author, are now available on the Zukiswa Wanner-curated Audible Afrolit series.

This adds another feather to Ibrahim’s cap who recently posted on his Instagram page that he has taken a teaching job, “From now henceforth, I am going to be studying for a higher degree and also teaching journalism at the University of Iowa.”    

Afrolit Now is a series curating short stories from six African writers curated by Zukiswa Wanner in conjunction with Audible. It was inspired by Afrolit Sans Frontières, the virtual literary festival founded by the South African during the darkest times of the pandemic in 2020.

The series brings to life short stories from the best in contemporary African fiction. Showcasing a wide range of countries, genres, and subjects—be it joy, heartbreak, love, or laughter—these pieces prove that a truly great story has no frontiers. The series kicked off in October 2021 with Troy Onyango’s The Water People.

There are now two new stories available to Audible readers in Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘A Love Like This’ and Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s ‘Consolata’. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘A Love Like THIS’ is a sweeping, evocative short story that spans decades. A Love Like This is a captivating tale of love and self-discovery.

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 sceptical 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.