Ep 46: How culture impacts male infertility in Yejide Kilanko's In Our Own Ways

<p>How does culture shape a person’s response to male infertility? What happens when money can solve your problem, but your character won’t let you take the reasonable way out? What happens when a miracle is not in fact a miracle but a string of carefully planned cruelties?</p><p>These are the questions <em>In Our Own Ways</em>, Yejide Kilanko’s latest novel, asks. The novel follows a well-to-do couple, Fadaka and Senami, who are thrilled by a seemingly miraculous pregnancy after five years of waiting. Yet, Fadaka’s pregnancy is haunted by nightmares a sense of unease. </p><p>A year later, their family doctor accidentally reveals that her pregnancy was a medical impossibility. This revelation leads to a confrontation with her husband and marks the end of the marriage and the beginning of other problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>0:00 - Introduction4:21 - The impact of character and culture in navigating life’s challenges 5:53 - Broken childhoods and adult influences9:48 - The covering of shame within the context of the African culture 13:22 - When the law is not on your side16:34 - Honouring forgotten army wives 21:08 - The things that didn’t make the book 23:07 - Writing challenges and the road to publication27:04 - Favourite art form29:13 - Juggling life’s balls31:20 - The secret to staying on the journey of the art</p><p> </p><p>_____________________</p><p><strong>Guest’s links</strong></p><p>Buy In Our Own Ways: <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Our-Own-Ways-Yejide-Kilanko/dp/9786092627" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.ca/Our-Own-Ways-Yejide-Kilanko/dp/9786092627</a></p><p>Connect with Yejide on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yejidekilanko/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/yejidekilanko/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>_____________________ </strong></p><p><strong>Host’s links</strong></p><p>Find out more about the show: <a href="https://www.journeyoftheart.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.journeyoftheart.com/</a></p><p>Follow Journey of the Art on Instagram: ⁠ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheartpod/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheartpod/</a></p><p>Book a one-on-one with Lola: <a href="https://wordcaps.com/coaching/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wordcaps.com/coaching/</a></p>