{"id":4653,"date":"2020-07-29T14:09:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T20:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=4653"},"modified":"2020-07-30T06:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T12:50:42","slug":"caging-curiosity-a-song-of-cages-and-liberties-a-story-of-cages-by-tayo-olajide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=4653","title":{"rendered":"Caging Curiosity: A song of cages and liberties (A Story of Cages) by Tayo Olajide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=4654\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/caging-curosity.jpg?fit=324%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"324,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"caging curosity\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/caging-curosity.jpg?fit=324%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4654 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/caging-curosity.jpg?resize=255%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"caging curosity\" width=\"255\" height=\"393\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>A captivating and provocative tale\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set in the sixteenth-century West African city of Idumagbo, Olajide weaves a compelling fictionalized retelling of history, taking readers on one man\u2019s exhilarating journey from being a common man to the ruler of the city. There&#8217;s an epidemic striking the land, and no one knows how it&#8217;s transmitted or how to treat it. Adeolu, a peasant artist and a wise medicine man, sets on to find a cure much to the displeasure of Sango, the royal medicine man and King Abiodun\u2019s right hand man. A conspiracy follows and Adeolu is accused of treachery. Meanwhile, Adeolu\u2019s grandmother Keniola who once was queen in Idumagbo but was kidnapped and sold into slavery, returns and helps Adeolu takes command as the new ruler of the city, which is divided by religion and values. The Maradian king Bashir\u2019s attack on Idumagbo mends the broken ties between the people but will they be able to defend their city? The story with a wide array of African names and commonly used slangs demands careful reading on readers\u2019 part, particularly for readers not familiar with the African culture. Olajide\u2019s prose is rich in detail, and it is through his female protagonists that Olajide examines the arbitrary division between genders and the long-accepted social prejudices and injustices against women in the society. Olajide sketches his characters with credibility and depth, and readers will find themselves completely immersed in Adeolu\u2019s story. Timely and compelling, this carefully crafted tale is sure to impress. Readers of multicultural literary fiction will be rewarded.<\/p>\n<h2>Caging Curiosity: A song of cages and liberties<\/h2>\n<h2>(A Story of Cages)<\/h2>\n<h3>By Tayo Olajide<\/h3>\n<h4>Favex Media Productions<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/173460400X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Pub date June 3, 2020<\/h4>\n<h4>ISBN 978-1734604016<\/h4>\n<h4>Price $18.00 (USD) Paperback, $30.03 Hardcover<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A captivating and provocative tale\u2026 Set in the sixteenth-century West African city of Idumagbo, Olajide weaves a compelling fictionalized retelling of history, taking readers on one man\u2019s exhilarating journey from being a common man to the ruler of the city. There&#8217;s an epidemic striking the land, and no one knows how it&#8217;s transmitted or how to treat it. Adeolu, a peasant artist and a wise medicine man, sets on to find a cure much to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"An Editorial Book review Website\n\nBook review: Caging Curiosity: A song of cages and liberties (A Story of Cages) by Tayo Olajide #amreading #WritersLife #Author #writingcommunity #amwriting #writers #cagingcuriosity #tayoplijide","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,726,91,460,178,1747,610903656,54306025,62857929,91586,703103662,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-4653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-blogging","tag-blogs","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-indiebooks","tag-literary-fiction","tag-multicultral-fiction","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-1d3","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4653"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4668,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4653\/revisions\/4668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}