My main goal is to make progress on my current novel. I’d also like to play more with the new tools of artificial intelligence (AI) and have more con… - Sarah Ladipo Manyika

The architects must only have thought of women when they designed retirement homes, and assumed they liked to sit and stare solemnly at gardens all day.

And recently, because London has been on my mind, I’ve found myself placing Zadie Smith’s NW next to Brian Chikwava’s Harare North, Muriel Spark’s The Ballad of Peckham Rye and Ben Judah’s This is London. I, like Morayo, am interested in books expanding and enriching the literary landscape. As for my two novels, they currently still sit alphabetically on my shelves, happily wedged in between Jhumpa Lahiri, Amara Lakhous, Javier Marias, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

I’ve been surprised by how many young people as well as people who are not from the African Diaspora have found this book an inspiration and a comfort.