Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

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Damilare Kuku is a creative artist who has worked as a radio presenter, scriptwriter, film producer, Nollywood actress, and director. She is the author of the story collection Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad and the novel Only Big BumBum Matters Tomorrow.

Humour and poignancy mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts, from the internationally bestselling author of Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad.

Freshly out of Obafemi Awolowo University, 20-year-old Temi has a clear plan for herself: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside like all the other Nigerian women, move from Ile-Ife to Lagos, and meet a man who will love her senseless. When she finally finds the courage to tell her mother, older sister, and aunties, her announcement causes an uproar. Nigerian families can really be an obstacle in a girl’s journey to physical perfection.

But as each of the other women try to cure Temi of what seems like temporary insanity, they begin to spill long-buried secrets, including the truth of Temi’s older sister’s mysterious disappearance five years earlier. In the end, it seems like Temi might be the sanest of them all.

In Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Damilare Kuku brings her signature humour, boldness, and compassion to each member of this loveable but exasperating family, whose lives reveal the ways in which a woman’s physical appearance can dictate her life and relationships and show just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.

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Reviews

When the author announced this book on twitter I was very keen on reading it. I enjoyed her debut a lot and I enjoyed this one as well.

Damilare Kuku is a social commentator. There were many things addressed in this book, body dysmorphia being the main topic, but other things such as grief, friendship, sex, etc ( can’t name all of them so as not to spoil it). She’s one of the growing number of Nigerian authors that write books that are not centred around trauma.

I found myself laughing out loud a lot of times.
I loved how the author used ami ohuns for all Yoruba names.
The book was set in Ife which was breath of fresh air. Not every time Lagos

I do wish there were less POVs, at some point it was hard to keep track.

Morayo –

This book highlighted how deeply ingrained beauty standards are in every generation, while maintaining the wit and humour Damilare is known for.

I enjoyed this book 💯

-Teresa