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A Nigerian author and Media Practitioner, Femi Onasanya, has released a new book that would spur school children to be more determined in the pursuit of their goals and enhance learning during the long summer holiday.

Onasanya, described the book as an addition to the existing literary works and a picture of an ideal African setting.


The book, titled ,”The Rugged Farm Boy”, according to Onasanya, focuses on determination and hard work amidst all forms of discouraging factors.

According to him, children of nowadays need to be encouraged to read in order to learn virtues that promote excellence considering the growing rate of laziness which gives rise to examination ma3lpractices in the present world.

“The forthcoming holiday should be an opportunity to read because readers are leaders. The type of materials children have access to read determine who they become.

“Hence, this book which promotes African culture, provides an answer to what greatness entails since it does not come on a platter of gold,”he said.

Onasanya, who is popularly known as FOD,urged parents and guardians to buy the book for their children and wards, just as he pointed that the downloadable ebook version of “The Rugged Farm Boy” is available on selar.co/897861, while the hardcopy format is available on request via femlandcommunication@yahoo.com.


Femi Onasanya, a creative writer, holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the premier University of Ibadan and Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria.

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