Queer Bookclub #38 — — �Under the Udala Trees — � by Chinelo Okparanta

Name: Queer Bookclub #38– ‚Under the Udala Trees’ by Chinelo Okparanta
Start: 2026-08-21 11:00:00
End: 2026-08-21 11:00:00
Location: Tin Hau

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Friday, 21 August 2026 · 11:00 Tin Hau, Shenzhen, China

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Join us to discuss queer books! For our next book, we will be reading “Under the Udala Trees” by Chinelo Okparanta.

Blurb:
Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly.

Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in th

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