Nigerian writer Jude Dibia has exiled himself to the United States.Dibia went on exile after declaring that gays in Nigeria do not officially exist.
The author’s first novel Walking With Shadows, has as its central character a gay man who lives his life as a married family man.
The award winning writer also made it clear that writing the book has allowed him to discover who he really is and to make some changes in his own way of thinking and living as a gay man.
Dibia also stated that the anti-gay law passed in Nigeria is having a large chilling effect upon the gay community,says he does not expect the Nigerian government to change its attitude toward homosexuality overnight.The Nigerian homosexuality law which started on January 7 2014 has also triggered protest in Kenya.
Our source told us that bookstores in Nigeria have refused to stock the book.But,the author says it has been selling by word of mouth and has become his best-selling novel in the country.
