Beneath the action and intrigue, there are layers of sexual tension and identity politics you’d normally find in cinematic storytelling. It sounds like a lot, but the Cokers weave it all together beautifully, like a multi-layered song.
The book opens with a chaotic robbery in Soho, London, then seamlessly transitions to a childhood memory in Benin City, Nigeria. We’re then dropped into a more
Soho, London. Childhood friends Timi, Sango, and Gbonka reunite on the eve of the British Museum's historic purchase of the works of Timi's father, the seminal Nigerian artist Adewale Balogun.
Timi has been invited as a "guest of honor," but what the Museum is heralding as a triumphant acquisition, the trio see as nothing short of brazen c...