Shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2018 Five runaways ride the bus from Bayelsa to a better life in a megacity. They are unlikely allies -- a private, a housewife, an officer, a militant and a young girl. They share a need for escape and a dream for the future. Soon, they will also share a burden none of them expected, but for now, the five sit quietly with their hopes, as the billboards fly past and shout: Welcome to Lagos.
Chibundu Onuzo was born in Nigeria in 1991 and is the youngest of four children. After receiving a first in History from King’s College, London in July 2012, she is currently doing an MA in Public Policy at UCL. Having written The Spider King’s Daughter at the age of 18, she is the youngest woman to be offered a two-book deal with Faber and Faber. When not writing, Chibundu can be found playing the piano or singing.
