Five for Five Interview with Jumoke Verissimo

Abstract

I am traditional, I respect the knowledge of ancestral relations, and the idea that I am connected to an idea of being that I am still coming to terms with. Then there is the family: I come from a place where family speaks of love and sacrifice. I have a country where I am perpetually at a loss what to make of being in plenty and being subjected to a point where you emerge almost in nothingness. These are some of the things, that have molded me into complexities and afford me a privilege to write with an understanding that I am from somewhere. The voice you read is my subconscious observing the privilege to let these things, spaces and people inhabit me. My voice is therefore these elements and more.