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Trapped Between Two Fears The Letters I Was Afraid to Send Use, Dump, OYO Nigerian political and social satire
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The essential background on Olabisi Rabiu, her perspective and the two books at the centre of Read With Olabisi.
Olabisi Rabiu is a Nigerian writer living in the diaspora, a mother, businesswoman, chess player, coach and arbiter. Her writing explores Nigeria, leadership, migration, belonging and the consequences of the choices made by individuals and those in power.
Read With Olabisi is the official online home for Olabisi’s books, excerpts, press features and reading community. It is where readers can follow the publication journey, learn about each title and receive verified updates directly.
Her two forthcoming titles are Trapped Between Two Fears: The Letters I Was Afraid to Send and Use, Dump, OYO. Each book approaches Nigeria and the diaspora differently, but both are rooted in honesty, consequence and a refusal to look away.
Trapped Between Two Fears examines the fear of staying, the fear of returning and the emotional cost of migration. Written with the closeness of letters, it explores uncertainty, belonging, leadership and the private struggles that can continue even after someone leaves home.
Use, Dump, OYO is a forthcoming work of Nigerian political and social satire. Its full synopsis and publication details remain intentionally unrevealed while editing continues. Official information will be published on the book page when it is ready.
They speak especially to Nigerians at home and abroad, but they are also for anyone interested in migration, leadership, identity, social consequence and the question of what a country owes its people.
As a chess player, coach and arbiter, Olabisi is trained to look beyond a single move. That perspective shapes how she writes about decisions: what a choice protects, what it exposes, who pays the price and what consequences appear later.
Readers can expect writing about home, diaspora life, leadership, fear, humour, loneliness, survival, responsibility and hope. Her voice can move from satire to lament and from Queen’s English to street wisdom, depending on what the truth of the moment requires.
What is confirmed now, what is still forthcoming and how to receive reliable updates without confusing a waitlist with a purchase.
Both books are currently presented as forthcoming. The website and official channels will announce when ordering or pre-ordering becomes available. Please rely on those official announcements rather than unofficial dates.
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