Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London – Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2023

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A feast of a book, a marvelous ode to spirits and outsiders that is irreverent (and painfully funny) while being serious enough to drill a hole in one’s chest. Not understanding all of the words in the tales didn’t bother me, if I were to submerse myself in the streets of Lagos, not understanding everything that was being said around me would not diminish my enjoyment of the place.

We see stories of ingenuity in crime, derring-do for street-sweepers -helping people across the road has never been so dangerous. I can’t wait for others to delve into the joyous, defiant world she has rendered for her debut novel, Vagabonds.Not only a notable accumulation, from original sources, of the horrors of survival on the streets of nineteenth-century London, but a devastating exposure of pseudo-charity as a form of coercive policing. As in Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the queer, the poor, the displaced, the footloose and rogue spirits. Oskar Jensen has coaxed out of the archives a vast range of original voices of the street poor of London. was a finalist for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here. DEBUT In 2014, Nigeria's president enacted a draconian law targeting LGBTQ+ residents with torture and imprisonment for freely loving the person of their choice.

We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. They were only worried for him, because the family tree seemed to grow toward a warning: madness was wet soil and many people, once they'd stumbled on it, couldn't help hurtling to the end of a too-dark valley. Throughout the full ninety minutes of the match, Nigeria's players did their best, as Nigerians do; sprightly on their feet and quick to react, just as their coach had taught them.

Vagabonds" by Eloghosa Osunde is a complex novel that explores Nigerian spirituality, queer representation, and the lives of those who are often marginalized in society. But the stories Thomas loved the most were the ones about humans; stories that could still be happening right right now in the world as his uncle spoke. The rest claim that the match was only confusing because the ball kept on doubling, or tripling, and Nigeria's goalkeeper found it impossible to know which one to focus on.Compelling, moving and unexpected portraits of London's poor from a rising star British historian - the Dickensian city brought to real and vivid life.