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Nike Campbell-Fatoki

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Nikę Campbell is a Nigerian-American, born in Lviv, Ukraine, and raised in Lagos Nigeria. She writes about immigrant experiences and African history that are in danger of being misrepresented or lost. She was the 2018 Red Hen Press Fiction Award finalist for her historical fiction manuscript. A selection of her short stories from her collection, Bury Me Come Sunday Afternoon, have been adapted for film, and screened at international film festivals. She is the author of the historical fiction, Thread of Gold Beads published in 2012 and adapted to a stage play in 2014.

​SARO is her second historical work of fiction.

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Last year, I committed to doing three things: “Co-produce two short films from the Bury Me Come Sunday Afternoon short story collection and learn a new dance –  the samba.”


This came out of a 2018 Creative Goals Challenge by Lagos-based publisher, Narrative Landscapes.

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I wasn’t 100% sure how the co-producing part would be done but I can tell you this – writing something down is almost like a trigger

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“Your life is a book. Some have written half-way, some, three-quarter way. You have the opportunity to write and rewrite the book of your life. Make sure you write a masterpiece.”
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“We are the authors of our destinies. No one can see the vision any clearer, believe in and work any harder to make it a reality more than the visionary.”
Nike Campbell-Fatoki

“When your intentions are honest and pure, when you speak or act from a place of selflessness and love, the feedback and returns are unimaginable and immeasurable.”
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“This life is not for the faint of heart. We run from the situations that test our faith and resolve, shake us to the very core of our being, but they are the necessary evil that build our character, and make us stand, undeterred from our goals.”
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