Yemi Adebiyi: How Pirates Impoverished Me

The Sun Newspaper published Mr. Yemi Adebiyi’s interview as ANA Secretary on the edition of January 28, 2017. Mr. Yemi Adebiyi is a product of Notre Dame (1971 set). He hails from Igbole Ekiti:

Yemi Adebiyi is the author of The Pastor’s Prostitute, Escape from the South, Pass on the Baton and Blood Sample. Hopefully, two more titles will be added to his oeuvre before the year runs out. The author, who is a trained biochemist, also has degrees in Journalism (London) and Business Administration (USA). Currently, he doubles as a technical consultant in the imaging industry and Secretary, Association of Nigerian Authors, Lagos Chapter. Before now, he was Kodak Brand Manager of CKC Investment Limited. In this interview with Damiete Braide, he reveals how pirates reaped the fruit of his labour.

Some writers say that they started writing in their mother’s womb, how and when did you develop interest in writing?

Since my primary school days, I developed interest in books. From newspaper reading, I graduated to James Hardly Chase’s novels. Then, at Notre Dame Grammar School, Usi Ekiti, I was the librarian. I became “greedy” with books or novels, The African Writers Series, newsletters, etcetera. Before I knew it, friends and colleagues started commenting on how good I was composing words into sentences and how captivating my letters to the opposite sex were. It was then I knew I would be a writer in the future. Read More >>>