Erica Sugo Anyadike, the Tanzanian multi-hyphenated creative powerhouse discuss her subversive story, How To Marry an African President which is currently shortlisted for AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. We use selected music curated by Erica to unpack among other things, depictions of female partners of powerful men, writing for a specific audience and writing against the singular African narrative. We discuss the process of writing the How To Marry An African President, and what it means to truly demystify the process of writing.  Read the shortlisted AKO Caine Prize stories including How To Marry and African President online at CainePrize.com The winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing will be announced on Monday 27th of July, the announcement will be accompanied by the screening of a specially commissioned film by renowned filmmaker Joseph Adesunloye.   The song you heard in the intro and outro of this podcast is titled: Reset by Meakoom the song is available on Bandcamp: https://meakoom.bandcamp.com/track/reset-books-rhymes-podcast-theme-song Get in touch with us via email: [email protected] Follow @BooksAndRhymes on https://instagram.com/booksandrhymes/ and https://twitter.com/booksandrhymes Share your thoughts on this episode using #BooksAndRhymes   Listen to playlist of the songs referenced in this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LptjYb0xsh7tNwlB2H9PL?si=sA_IIdd4SsyU1-tx_2T7vQ.    Books referenced in this episode: (Available for purchase online and in bookshops) In Live and Trouble – Alice Walker   Songs referenced this episode: Suzanna - Sauti Sol Control - Janet Jackson Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Nina Simone Tyrone: Live - Erykah Badu If I Were A Boy – Beyoncé   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.