Jellof, Stars, and the Mirror

By Raphael Ogwuda-Zernoff

What happens when food, memory, identity, and spirit weave into one story?

Jellof, Stars, and the Mirror is not just a diary, not just a novel, not just a meditation on life-it is all of these at once. Set between the everyday rhythms of London life and the vast interior landscapes of consciousness, this book offers a unique blend of cultural observation, metaphysical teaching, and intimate storytelling.

Through meals shared, dreams recorded, and encounters that test love, belonging, and identity, Raphael Ogwuda-Zernoff reveals how the smallest daily acts-cooking rice, walking to work, meeting a stranger-can open into the largest questions: Who am I? Where do I belong? What does it mean to live freely?

Layered into the narrative are themes of immigration, cultural duality, spirituality, queerness, and healing. It is a story that honours Nigerian heritage while speaking to universal struggles of self-acceptance and transformation. It is at once grounded in real human detail and soaring in existential exploration.

This book will resonate with:
- Anyone who has ever lived between cultures, carrying more than one identity at once.
- Readers of spiritual and metaphysical writing who seek truth beyond doctrine.
- Those who value stories of authenticity, love, and the courage to live one's truth.
- Lovers of memoir, who know that sometimes the most ordinary days conceal the most extraordinary revelations.

Above all, Jellof, Stars, and the Mirror is an invitation. It asks you to see your own life reflected in its pages, to notice the beauty hidden in the ordinary, and to remember that every person, every culture, and every love story is part of the same greater tapestry.

This is not just a book to read. It is a book to live with.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQTVSS58
• ISBN13: 9798264241031
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"