Abiola, Jamiu

Jamiu Abiola speaks ten languages, having learned Arabic at the age of nine and French at fourteen, and going on to learn Spanish, German, Italian, and Japanese, in addition to three African languages and the English he grew up speaking. He studied French, Arabic, and political science at New York University and learned many of the other languages on his own, using the Living Language learning series. He wrote this book in English and Arabic.

In his historical romance novel "The Prisoner of Conscience", learning to speak English well is the key to opening up the lead characters' futures, wh...