An Interview with Frankie Edozien 2018 Lamba Literary Award Winner

Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Chiké Frankie Edozien learned to read from the newspapers his father brought home daily. He grew up to become an ink-stain scribbler telling the stories of others in service of a greater good. Edozien currently teaches journalism at New York University. Prior to that, he was an award-winning metro reporter in New York City.

He is the author of the groundbreaking memoir ‘Lives of Great Men:’ Living & Loving As An African Gay Man which won the 2018 Lambda Literary award for biography/memoir.


Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s usher in our guest for today: Welcome sir! Nice to have you on the SyncityNG Literary Lords and Ladies show

Thanks so very much!



First question: What made you release the book? Any reason why you felt it was time to put the book out?

The impetus for the book was simple. As a journalist I had seen the swift changes in mood, and tolerance of difference all around the continent. It seemed that in many countries it was becoming fashionable to demonize brothers and sisters who are a little different.

And so, when it became more a case of the brute force of the state going against its own citizens and the excuse was always, that sexual diversity was alien to our culture... http://syncityng.com/2018/06/29/an-interview-with-frankie-edozien-2018-lamba-literary-award-winner/