Mom and blogger Olubunmi Ajai AKA Jopas Daughter, talks about the books that inspire her
Summary: Olubunmi Ajai is today’s guest on The Segilola Salami Show. Olubunmi (AKA Jopas Daughter) shares with us her life as a child with the books she read and how they have inspired and influenced her (and continue to) as an adult. I assure you, you need to click play now.<br> <br> <br> About Olubunmi Ajai<br> Olu Bunmi is the founder of two NGOs – Ajai Cancer Foundation which was set up to help with the medical bills of indigent breast cancer patients and Greenlands Assistance Foundation which was set up to help victims of domestic violence to leave the violent and life-threatening situation.<br> <br> As a child, she was a voracious reader and a bookworm. She started reading great classics like Little Women, Great Expectations, to comics like Archie and Richie Rich as early as 6 years old. As a teenager, she loved reading romance novels especially the Mills and Boons series. She also loved independent writers like Danielle Steel and Barbara Taylor Bradford. She, however, got bored of romantic novels and fell in love with Jeffery Archer, Sidney Sheldon. Then, she got bored with fiction and by her late teens, only started reading biographies. The most notable that has stayed with her are the ones she read as young as when she was 10 years old from her father’s library – Wole Soyinka’s ‘Ake : the years of childhood’, Benazir Bhutto’s ‘Daughter of the East’ and Malcolm X’s ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X.<br> <br> Now, she no longer reads books by Western writers as she in lives in England and is already exposed to the western way of life. Now, she only reads books by African and Asian writers as she loves to imagine the places that she has not been to.<br> <br> You can <a href="http://www.jopasdaughter.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">connect with Olubunmi Ajai on her blog Jopas Daughter</a>.<br> <br> <br> About The Segilola Salami Show<br> The Segilola Salami show is hosted by <a href="http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/about-segilola-salami/">Segilola Salami who is also an author and a blogger</a>. <a href="http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/useless-warrior-princess-launch/">Her latest book is called Useless Warrior Princess</a>.<br> The aim of the show is to be entertaining but educative as we see guests share their experience on self-publishing in a virtual cafe and listeners get to discover new authors and new books.<br> The show is published weekly on Tuesdays at 9 am GMT London. <a href="https://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/subscribe-to-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Please click here to subscribe</a> to the show to listen to this and other episodes.<br> If you are an author, blogger or book lover, please subscribe to my authors and bloggers <a href="https://eepurl.com/bPi2_f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">mailing list</a> to find out about new self-published books that need reviews. I send out monthly newsletters with details of authors and their books that need honest feedback.<br> <br> <br> <br> Subscribe to Segilola Salami’s Authors And Bloggers Mailing List<br> * indicates required<br> Email Address *<br><br> <br><br> <br> First Name <br><br> <br> Last Name <br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> // <br> <br> If you would like some guidance on how to self-publish your book, you can contact me for one to one consulting. Connect with me via <a href="https://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">my website</a><br> <br> If you liked the show please like, comment, share and support it. I would love to know your thoughts on today’s episode of Nollywood actor, Bigvai Jokotoye, shares his experiences as a new father and the importance of books Please leave a comment below.<br> <br> There’s love in sharing, so please click on one of the social icons to share this post with your network.
