Highlife

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Lagos, 1938. You came down from Abeokuta to be a shipping clerk on the Marina, with a guitar you weren't supposed to bring. Then you heard Babatunde Coker's band playing a new kind of music in a palm-wine bar at midnight, and somebody started stealing their songs.

historical dramaNew

~122–124 pages · 12 chapters · 3 endings · 12K paths

A book that casts you as the lead

This is a personalized choose-your-own-adventure book: before you begin, it asks a few questions, then weaves your answers into the prose while your choices steer the plot. The full story is free to read in your browser — no account needed for the opening — and if it becomes yours, you can keep the complete book, every path included, as a personalized DRM-free EPUB.

How it becomes your story

From your profile: name, pronouns, hair color, eye color, handedness.

This story asks: charm.

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