Review of "Vagabonds" by Eloghosa Osunde This is a novel that makes the bold attempt to be a literary manifesto of sorts for Nigeria’s LGBTQ community. The introductory pages of the book make that clear. The opening pages have the following notices from the author: “There are simple and good and straightforward and well-behaved people, I’m sure. But this is not a book about them.” The author also defines the word “Vagabond” as a Nigerian noun (used) “In the states of Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara,” to refer to “any male person who dresses or is attired in the fashion of a woman in a public place or who practices sodomy as a means of livelihood or as a profession.” In the author’s definition for the female vagabond, the word covers “any female person who dresses or is attired in the fashion of a man in a public place.” The novel is also an ode to Lagos, exploring some of the myths and fascinations that the city holds for...