Hello story lovers! It’s the first episode of The Shorttales Club and joining our host Oz are Cryptte, Habiba and AbdulHanan. Together they discuss Chinua Achebe’s short story titled The Madman. As the name suggests, it covers mental health, madness attributed to jazz and other forms of Nigerian superstitious beliefs.

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Welcome to The Shorttales Club, a place where I and my friends read, think and discuss short stories that we find fun and interesting. Please note that this is a spoiler-filled show as we cannot be held accountable for our frenzied excitement. Seriously, we really can't help ourselves. Other than that, enjoy the show.

The Madman was first published in The Insider in 1971, several years ago. But then, as the name implies, the mad man, we'd wonder what’s going to happen, whether we are going to be learning about a mad man or not so mad, mad man, you know, anyway.

According to Cryptte, we’re all mad, while Habiba gives us some insight and AbdulHanan shares his personal experiences. It’s a loaded episode and one that should have you thinking deeply, wherever you are.

The Madman is a part of Chinua Achebe’s collection of stories named Girls at War. You can grab yourself a copy via the link below. Doing so will greatly help the show as we earn from any purchases you make.

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