'The Scent of Burnt Flowers' uses fiction to explore a real, historical event
'The Scent of Burnt Flowers' uses fiction to explore a real, historical event  
Podcast: NPR's Book of the Day
Published On: Tue Aug 23 2022
Description: Blitz Bazawule directed the first Ghanaian original film to be released on Netflix, co-directed Beyonce's visual album 'Black is King', directed the upcoming film musical version of 'The Color Purple' and, now, has published his first novel – The Scent of Burnt Flowers. In this interview, he talks with Michel Martin about how and why he wrote this novel, which meshes real historical events with the supernatural.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy