Adedapo Adeniyi Announces His Self-Published, Genre-Defying Debut Novella, Wanderer, Co-Produced with Booze and Peppermint

Booze & Peppermint, the forward-thinking creative venture bridging art, film, and literature,
proudly announces the upcoming release of Wanderer, the highly anticipated debut novella by
Nigerian writer and thinker Adedapo Adeniyi. A bold experiment in form and storytelling,
Wanderer is currently available for preorder and will be released to the general public on
September 27th, 2025 across paperback.

Adeniyi, the experimental literature writer from Kwara State who was recently named a Guest
Speaker at the 2025 Ake Arts & Book Festival and is a member of the African Speculative
Society, positions self-published Wanderer as more than a book. It is the first literary vessel for
Abstractism — his original philosophical and artistic framework, which blends surrealism,
solipsism, psychedelia, subjective reality and the physics of psychosis into a single narrative force.

“Abstractism isn’t just a style,” says Adeniyi. “It’s an exploration of what it means to
transmutate form into formlessness — to take dreams, hallucinations, memories, raw
consciousness and translate them into stories that live, breathe, and speak to readers on
multiple planes of reality.”

Mixing dreamlike storytelling with a melancholic state of mind, Wanderer follows its
protagonist through shifting landscapes where nameless beings roam, objects speak, and the line
between waking and dreaming dissolves as he travels deeper into his own self trying to find a
mysterious young girl called Ashley. It is a meditation on movement, identity, and becoming — a
narrative that doesn’t merely tell a story but actively questions the nature of reality itself.

Each step in the story is designed to surprise, pulling readers deeper into a universe where meaning
is never fixed. Like the oral traditions of old, where tales were as fluid as the tongues that spoke
them, Wanderer reimagines African speculative fiction for a new generation — rooted in heritage
yet unafraid to break boundaries.
At the heart of Wanderer is Abstractism, a new genre Adeniyi has been developing for years.
Described in his Abstractism Manifesto, the movement examines how the human mind creates and
dismantles meaning through art. It draws inspiration from the subconscious worlds of surrealism,
the philosophical solitude of solipsism, the heightened awareness of psychedelia, the science of
psychology, and the fluidity of reality itself.

“Abstractism is about questioning everything we think we know,” Adeniyi explains. “It’s about
creating art that challenges perception — work that is as much a mirror of the reader’s mind as it is a
story in its own right.”

Booze & Peppermint co-founder Funsho Daniel describes the partnership as a natural alignment of
vision and ambition:

“At its core, Booze & Peppermint exists to champion daring ideas. Wanderer represents
exactly that — a story that doesn’t just entertain but redefines the possibilities of African
storytelling”

The release of Wanderer signals a new chapter for African literature, pushing speculative fiction into
bold, uncharted territory while opening the door for more writers to experiment, question, and
reimagine.

Preorders for Wanderer are currently open, the full launch scheduled for September 27 2025, with
events and discussions planned across Lagos, Abuja, and international literary festivals.
Adedapo Adeniyi is a Nigerian writer, philosopher, filmmaker and alternative arts and culture
archivist whose work sits at the intersection of Africanfuturism, the avant garde, psychology, and
speculative storytelling. A member of the African Speculative Society and a featured speaker at the
upcoming 2026 Ake Arts & Book Festival, Adeniyi’s writing is known for its ability to blur the lines
between the real and the imagined, the personal and the cosmic.
Booze & Peppermint is a creative venture company operating at the intersection of art, film, and
literature. With a mission to support independent creators through strategic partnerships and
funding, the company co-publishes works that push cultural boundaries and foster bold new ideas.