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An award-winning, sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian cuisine, lovingly presented by the nation’s top epicurean writer.

Longthroat Memoirs

Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds

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  • Paperback

    357 pages

  • Release Date

    29 January 2018

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Summary

Winner of the John Avery Award at the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2016.

“A breathtakingly original and fresh piece of food writing, which I found myself compulsively rereading. Aribisala is that rare writer who makes you laugh while also informing you about Nigerian food, which, as she points out, is something that has been ‘misunderstood, atrociously photographed, not yet given its due.’ Thanks to this book, this should now change.”-Bee Wilson, food critic, author, and …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781911115267
ISBN-10:191111526X
Author:Yemisi Aribisala
Publisher:Cassava Republic Press
Imprint:Cassava Republic Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:357
Release Date:29 January 2018
Weight:506g
Dimensions:136mm x 215mm
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Longthroat Memoirs by Yemisi Aribisala - ISBN: 9781911115267
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘A breathtakingly original and fresh piece of food writing, which I found myself compulsively rereading. Aribisala is that rare writer who makes you laugh while also informing you about Nigerian food.’ — Bee Wilson, food critic, author, and journalist


‘Aribisala summersaults through geography, economics, popular culture, art, history, (and yes, of course, sex) via cuisine. Aribisala writes with verve, sass, and with such humour and confidence that it takes one’s breath away.” ― Sarah Ladipo Manyika, author of Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun

About The Author

Yemisi Aribisala

Yemisi Aribisala is a writer and a lover of good food. She has written about Nigerian food for over 7 years; for 234Next, the Chimurenga Chronic, and at her personal blog, Longthroat Memoirs. Her essays on food are a lens through which the complex entity of Nigeria is observed. Yemisi has also written essays on various topics including Nigerian Christianity and identity. Her essays can be read online under Yemisi Ogbe.

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