You showed up claiming to be somebody we know. We all see you as a man who has lost his identity—in fact, a… — Odafe Atogun

This is my life now. I’m grateful that I have arrived at this point. This is where I had always wanted to be; writing full-time is much more challenging than I had imagined, but I’m truly enjoying the experience and learning from it each day.

For me, writing is a journey, and the start of that journey is a well-worn ritual that I must observe for several days before I can even begin.

Studying the handwriting on the envelope, his eyes lit up in recognition. But then a frown crept across his face and he wondered how a letter simply marked TADUNO—no last name, no address, just Taduno—managed to reach him in a nameless foreign town.