Title: Grandma’s Sun: A Childhood memoir from Africa
Author: Tayo Olafioye
Publisher: University of Calabar Press
Year of Publication: 2000
Genre: Novel
Genre: Novel
Pages: 224
Reviewer: Olutayo IRANTIOLA
This piece is of an ingenous biography written in the character name of Olu Yaro. The book opened in an interesting and high-catchy way that would make the reader read further. This book can be understood if followed with thorough concentration on the sub-themes and reading beyond the formal vocabularies that span across the script. It has ten chapters that discussed his life from his primary level of education till he wrote the final letter to his daughter.
The Analysis of the Chapters
Chapter One is an expose of the the primary school mischief of Olu Yaro’s schoolmates. He earned the nickname of “gbuku-soja” as a result of the arthritis that he suffered from. He eventually had to liberate himself, a bit, by fighting Soji. The fight attracted the attention of the grandparents of both boys and it was settled in the usual communal way of the elderly and the suburban settings.
