Vaults of Secrets
{{short description|2020 short story collection by Olukorede Yishau}}
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| author = Olukorede Yishau
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| country = Nigeria
| language = English
| genre = Political fiction, social novel
| set_in = Nigeria
| publisher = Parresia Publishers
| pub_date = 1 October 2020
| media_type = Print (paperback), e-book
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Vaults of Secrets is a 2020 short story collection by Nigerian writer Olukorede Yishau. It collects ten short stories.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecable.ng/a-peep-into-olukorede-yishaus-vaults-of-secrets|title=A peep into Olukorede Yishau's 'Vaults of Secrets'|author=Ekundayo, Oluwaseun|date=15 November 2020|website=TheCable|accessdate=13 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailytrust.com/vaults-of-secrets-open-in-yishaus-story-collection|title=‘Vaults of Secrets’ open in Yishau’s story collection|author=Nathaniel Bivan|date=25 July 2020|website=Daily Trust}}{{Cite web|url=https://thelagosreview.ng/olukorede-s-yishaus-new-book-vaults-of-secrets-unveiled/|title=Olukorede S. Yishau's New Book 'Vaults of Secrets' unveiled.|date=21 June 2020|accessdate=13 August 2021}}
Plot summary
Vaults of Secrets is a collection of short stories with political interpretations regarding to the governance of Nigeria.{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/vaults-of-secrets/|title=Vaults of secrets|author=Amalu, Gabriel|date=8 March 2021|website=Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics|accessdate=13 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://businessday.ng/bd-weekender/book-review/article/corruption-fear-and-occasional-shock-a-review-of-olukorede-yishaus-vaults-of-secrets/|title=Corruption, Fear and Occasional Shock - A Review of Olukorede Yishau’s Vaults of Secrets|author=Oyemade, Titilade|website=Business Day|date=10 July 2021|accessdate=13 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/03/vaults-of-secrets-for-independence-day/|title=Vaults of Secrets for Independence Day|author=Ezeobi, Chiemelie|website=ThisDay|date=3 September 2020|accessdate=13 August 2021}}
Contents
- "Till We Meet To Part No More"
- "This Special Gift"
- "My Mother’s Father Is My Father"
- "Letters From The Basement"
- "This Thing Called Love"
- "Better Than The Devil"
- "Otapiapia"
- "When Truth Dies"
- "Lydia's World"
- "Open Wound"
Style
The novel often switched between the author's view and the first person view.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/dark-secrets-and-wayward-phallus/|title=Dark secrets and wayward phallus|author=Akubuiro, Henry|website=The Sun Newspaper|date=17 October 2020|accessdate=13 August 2021}}
Reception
The Brittle Paper praised the book, saying that its "...beautifully drawn characters unveil the many grotesques of human life and shed light on their dark recesses exposing their weaknesses."{{Cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2021/07/what-jude-idada-is-reading-this-summer/|title=What Jude Idada is Reading this Summer|author=PAPER, BRITTLE|date=19 July 2021|website=Brittle Paper|accessdate=13 August 2021}} Enang Godswill of The Nation Newspaper noted that "Yishau incorporates the theme of African beliefs in this collection."{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/reviewing-yishaus-vaults-of-secrets/|title=Reviewing Yishau’s Vaults of Secrets|author=Godswill, Enang|date=13 December 2020|website=Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics|accessdate=13 August 2021}} while Titilade Oyemade writing for Business Day reviewed that "This collection is a meditation on what it means to make unhealthy decisions and the impact of the decisions in your life." Gabriel Amalu of The Nation newspaper calls the novel a "fictional reality." An editor at The Readers Hut described it as "satirical political book, the undertones of politics and the state of Nigeria were present."{{Cite web|url=https://thereadershut.home.blog/2020/11/16/book-review-vaults-of-secrets-by-olukorede-s-yishau/|title=Book Review: Vaults Of Secrets by Olukorede S. Yishau|first=The Readers|last=Hut|date=16 November 2020|accessdate=13 August 2021}} For Segun Ayobulu, it is "...is a graphic fictional narrative of the political economy of greed and criminal pursuit of wealth acquisition at practically all spheres of life in contemporary Nigeria."{{Cite web|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/a-political-economy-of-olukorede-yishaus-vault-of-secrets/|title=A political economy of Olukorede Yishau’s ‘vault of secrets’|author=Ayobulu, Segun|date=8 May 2021|website=Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics|accessdate=13 August 2021}}