New Story: The Rise and Fall of the Silence Corporation

One of my passions is intellectual property - the assertion of ownership over creativity and innovation. This fiction piece is a satire about the copyrighting of musical rests by an eccentric American composer.
The story is slated to be published in OneShotZine.
Read the story on my website here.

Everyone Comes from Belterra, by Deji Olukotun in final stages of editing

My first novel, Everyone Comes from Belterra: When America Owned the Amazon, is now in the final stages of editing, with a slated August/September 2008 release. This book is the product of seven years of intensive research and writing.
I am thrilled to announce that the cover has been selected. Click on the thumbnail above […]

Novel Excerpt: Indian Hunting on the Putumayo

This story is an excerpt from my forthcoming novel Everyone Comes from Belterra: When America Owned the Amazon, slated to be published by Pear Tree Press in July 2008.
The story originates from my background research for the novel, when I encountered the horrific human rights violations committed on the Putumayo river in the early […]