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British-Nigerian author Nuzo Onoh wasn't good at school; she rebelled against her parents and was beaten often as a child. Her home in south-eastern Nigeria was believed to be haunted and during the civil war, she and her siblings were regaled with ghost stories to distract them from the violence. She toed the line as an adult, becoming a lawyer like her father, but when he died Nuzo's passion for writing took hold. Stories inspired by Igbo rituals and the spooky happenings of her childhood began to flow vividly from her pen. But when Nuzo tried to sell her tales, she discovered no one had written anything quite like her. She was determined to carve a space for African horror writing, and went on to win the industry's most prestigious award. Her new book is called Where the Dead Brides Gather.

Frenchman Joseph Redon also has a burning passion, in a very different niche. His love of Japanese video games led him to leave his native France for Tokyo, where he's built one of the biggest collections of retro Japanese video games in the world. Outlook's Emily Webb visited him at his home in Tokyo's suburbs. This interview was first broadcast in 2016.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Sophie Eastaugh

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(Photo: Nuzo Onoh with the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award. Credit: Courtesy of Nuzo Onoh)