Kunle Tejuosho’s First Draft
Kunle Tejuoso. OJIMA ABALAKA

‘Nigerians Read.’ Kunle Tejuoso’s First Draft

Director of family-owned bookshop chain, Glendora, and founder of book and record store, Jazzhole, Kunle Tejuoso, believes the response to globalization and cultural convergence should be conscious cultural production. ‘We have a contribution to make to humanity… and this can only be done if we are conscious and understand who we are.’ Our questions are italicized.  What books or kinds of books did you read growing up? As a child, my parents would spoil me with books. We had book
 

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