By the time an author's manuscript is turned down the umpteenth time, he/she is ready to give in, but when Bode Osanaiye, the author of 'A Dream at Night' was invited to Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, by the Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka-Chinua Achebe-funded Association of Nigerian Authors in November, 2009, with, yes, all air fares and hotel expenses paid, he was really amazed, if not shocked. This was because he had written only three chapters of 'A Dream at Night', and it was his first book ever; but at this time, the President of ANA, Africa's largest and most vibrant intellectual associ more...
