1–What is the title of your latest release? THE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF ANDY AFRICA 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The novel is about Andy Aziza, a smart and funny fifteen-year-old boy, coming of age in present-day Nigeria. He’s obsessed with blondes, whiteness, life abroad in the West, who his true father is, and these obsessions are intensified when his life is suddenly destabilized by communal violence. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The decision was made unconsciously, for I’d always wanted to write about Kontagora, where I grew up, and Northern Nigeria, because this region has received glaringly insufficient literary treatment. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes, definitely! It would be so fun! We’ve got so much shared interests – Afrofuturism, math, pop culture, religion, poetry. We’d laugh a lot. Most importantly, he’d help me understand myself even more. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Smart, funny, honest. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learnt that my writing was more multifaceted than I’d assumed, for example, that I’ve got a “raw”, satirical range that I should explore more. 7–Do you…