new book Wings of Àsùwà

[Noel Amherd]

Dear Colleagues,

I want to let you know of my new book coming! Africa World Press, who published my first book Reciting Ifá, is going to publish this new one titled Wings of Àsùwà. It's what I call a "graphic recitation" and is a magical story about a child who gets to become a bird for day.

As you likely know, AWP is a well-respected publisher but without the deep pockets of the big publishers. This is a visually driven book in full color and large format (approx 11"x14") which raises printing costs. So we've had to start a GoFundMe to raise the money necessary to print this book in large format with full color. Here's the link:

Wings of Asuwa gofundme link

If I may, Wings of Àsùwà sits amongst the context of works by Fagunwa, Tutuola, Nnedi Okorofor, Ben Okri. It's addressed to our time and our crises. In depicting this story, I've tried to employ many of the inherent discursive activities in Ifá recitations that I discussed in my first book. Though a visually-portrayed book, this story functions as recitation at many levels, even reaching out beyond itself into the world of the reader; there's a punch-line of sorts at the end that really captures the activities of Ifá.

Colorful, textured, rich images drive this story for all ages. All of the art is hand made by me cutting, laying out, gluing, painting, charcoaling, erasing. No AI. No digital creation. All in-real-life. And it rests solidly on tradition, in my case the heritage of Ifá, of stories that reveal and connect us globally together in and with the world. 

Thank you so much for allowing me to share this with you... and humbly, if others come to mind, please share the link.

In Community and Creativity,

Noël

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