This hot new emerging author A. Oyelowo, begins his career with an exciting book series titled ‘Trappin With The Orishas‘, which foreshadows Yoruba culture and philosophy in a gritty urban street setting.
The series starts with the story of Kojo Rain. He is a product of a posthumous birth, and later adopted by an elderly lady who teaches him how to maneuver through the American south’s underworld. Building a team that consists of a war veteran and a bunch of young hoodlums, they fight for their place to become king of the streets. When Kojo finds love in a beautiful but broken woman, Thannia. He would destroy the entire city just to protect her. Money, murder and a significant amount of trappin seems to be the only way out, until he is accompanied by the great forces of Africa, the Orishas. A. Oyelowo is truly a fresh new writer that urban-fiction readers should keep an eye on.
The book is available now on Amazon Kindle and Paperback.
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