New Yorker writer Alexis Okeowo wants to tell stories differently. Her new book A Moonless Starless Sky, tells the stories of people affected by extremism in Africa.

In this episode, Alexis tells us how she came to find two of the main characters of her book: Eunice and Bosco, a couple with a complicated past.

Warning: mention of sexual violence.

Read all about it:

https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781472153708

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/04/uganda-sudan-trauma-child-soldiers-alexis-okeowo-moonless-starless-sky-book-extract

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Music:  Dice Muse, Podington Bear, Springtide, Blue Dot Sessions.

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