In Dependence

Sarah Ladipo Manyika was raised in Nigeria and has lived in Kenya, France, and England. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and taught literature at San Francisco State University. Sarah is a Patron of the Etisalat Prize for Literature and Books Editor at ozy.com. She lives in San Francisco and currently serves on the boards of Hedgebrook and the Museum of the African Diaspora.

"In Dependence, is a riveting love story across the challenges of race, geography and scars of colonial history." – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ; "Sarah Ladipo Manyika tells a compelling story that challenges centuries of stereotypes of what an African story can be—one that weaves love, history and race across decades and continents... A graceful and astonishing achievement.” – Henry Louis Gates Jr.; "A beautiful and ambitious novel" – Bernardine Evaristo, author of Mr Loverman;