My edited book on the work of Dotun Popoola is now out.

My edited book on the work of Dotun Popoola is now out.

It looks so magnificent, like a grande Egungun performance.

The publisher says it goes for 50,000 naira per copy.

This hyper-colorful hardcover book that is larger than a royal Agbada arrived at my doorsteps for the New Year.

It is the most beautiful book I have ever seen.

Congrats to the wonderful art historians, Kunle Filani, Tolulope Sobowale, Olusegun Fajuyigbe, and Kehinde Adepegba, who contributed powerful essays to the book.

It was a great pleasure for me to edit the book, given the able support provided by the subject of the book, Dotun Popoola.

I know 50,000 naira is a lot of money for a book.

Don’t bother looking for it because all the copies are gone anyway–probably less than fifty copies left, if I heard right.

But holding the book in your hands is intoxicating.