Tope Folarin is a funny, lyrical, genre-bending writer, and A Particular Kind of Black Man is a powerhouse debut. Its protagonist, Tunde Akinola, is a first-generation Nigerian American trying desperately […]
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Tope Folarin is a funny, lyrical, genre-bending writer, and A Particular Kind of Black Man is a powerhouse debut. Its protagonist, Tunde Akinola, is a first-generation Nigerian American trying desperately […]

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