Damilare Kuku has worked as a radio presenter, scriptwriter, film producer, actor and director. Her debut collection of stories, Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad, was a runaway bestseller in her native Nigeria, named by Rovingheights Bookstore as the bestselling fiction title of 2022. Her first novel, Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, was published by Ouida Books (Nigeria), Picador (South Africa), S&S (UK) and HarperVia (US) in July 2024.

‘Damilare Kuku, queen of the banging book title, knows how complicated it is to be a Nigerian woman. Kuku made me giggle and gasp. I loved it.’ – Nikki May

‘Kuku paints a vibrant intergenerational portrait of the female condition in Nigeria... Funny, fierce, and heartfelt!’ – Chioma Okereke 

‘Both tender and hilarious, Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow addresses the impossible decisions that women in patriarchal societies have to make. Damilare Kuku is an enthralling storyteller, handling the boisterous harmony of this multigenerational cast of female characters with compassion and flair.’ – Jendella Benson