I AM STILL WITH YOU, the story of a missing person in the Nigerian Civil War

230pp., map, paperback, Reprint, London, (2023) 2024

Emmanuel Iduma returns to Nigeria in search of his uncle, his father’s favourite brother and the man for whom he is named. The elder Emmanuel left home in 1967 to fight in the Biafran War and was not seen again.

"A thorough and thoughtful reporter, Iduma explains how it has become taboo in Nigerian culture to discuss the war, and uses his family’s own tragedy to tell the devastating story of a country that has not been allowed to properly mourn its dead. I Am Still With You is a deeply felt eulogy for those who were lost and a sobering reflection on the shame that comes with silence" Time Magazine The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023

"A genre-defying work, I Am Still with You is a quest, both spiritual and real, a travelogue, a memoir, and a history of Biafra … Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered, and deeply affecting – a masterful achievement" Aminatta Forna, author of The Devil That Danced on the Water

Writer Emmanuel Iduma was born in 1989 in Nigeria, where he trained as a lawyer. He is the author of A Stranger’s Pose and The Sound of Things to Come. In 2022 he was a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize. He lives between Lagos, Nigeria, and Norwich, UK.