Olukorede Yishau’s bold investigation of the Nigerian condition

At the end of Yishau's debut novel, it is possible to feel gutted, even despondent, because this is not a sunshine tale.

Yishau is an Associate Editor with the Nation newspaper

Olukorede Yishau wrote In the Name of our Father when he was 24. Last year, he clocked 40 and got to publish it for a wider audience. But, like any good work of literature, the debut novel remains as relevant today, as it was almost 15 years ago. An ambitious, punchy narrative, it is set in 1990s Ni…