Naija Stories

Naija Stories PDF Author: Damilola Ashaolu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615613550
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Naija Stories

Naija Stories PDF Author: Damilola Ashaolu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615613550
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Book Description
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Naija Love Stories

Naija Love Stories PDF Author: Ola Awonubi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912551361
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Book Description
Naija Love Stories, set against the backdrop of a rich and vibrant Nigerian culture, will take you on a journey through the lives and loves of various characters, all grappling with different concepts of what it means to love, and to be loved.

Love and Monsters

Love and Monsters PDF Author: Ufuoma P. Otebele
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508886259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Book Description
This book is a compilation of nine short stories about men and the women in their lives. It takes the readers through the trials that comes with love. The subject matter ranges from incest, domestic violence, emotional abuse and much more.

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away PDF Author: Christie Watson
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 159051467X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Winner of the 2011 Costa First Novel Award When their mother catches their father with another woman, twelve year-old Blessing and her fourteen-year-old brother, Ezikiel, are forced to leave their comfortable home in Lagos for a village in the Niger Delta, to live with their mother’s family. Without running water or electricity, Warri is at first a nightmare for Blessing. Her mother is gone all day and works suspiciously late into the night to pay the children’s school fees. Her brother, once a promising student, seems to be falling increasingly under the influence of the local group of violent teenage boys calling themselves Freedom Fighters. Her grandfather, a kind if misguided man, is trying on Islam as his new religion of choice, and is even considering the possibility of bringing in a second wife. But Blessing’s grandmother, wise and practical, soon becomes a beloved mentor, teaching Blessing the ways of the midwife in rural Nigeria. Blessing is exposed to the horrors of genital mutilation and the devastation wrought on the environment by British and American oil companies. As Warri comes to feel like home, Blessing becomes increasingly aware of the threats to its safety, both from its unshakable but dangerous traditions and the relentless carelessness of the modern world. Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away is the witty and beautifully written story of one family’s attempt to survive a new life they could never have imagined, struggling to find a deeper sense of identity along the way.

Nothing Comes Close

Nothing Comes Close PDF Author: Tolulope Popoola
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780957186606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Confident, sassy, career girl, Lola meets cool, handsome, unpredictable hunk, Wole at a party in London. He pushes all the right buttons for her, and sparks fly. Wole is also irresistibly drawn to Lola, and before long, they get together in a wonderful romance. But Wole is not all that he seems, and he is holding back some dark secrets. Things start to unravel when Wole s past begins to catch up with him and Lola has to decide if Wole is worth the trouble that threatens to overwhelm her. Find out in this captivating book if their love will overcome the trials of a murder investigation, an arrest, a meddling relative and a trip halfway across the world, or whether they both give up and go their separate ways.

Easter in Lagos

Easter in Lagos PDF Author: Sharon Abimbola Salu
Publisher: Sharon Abimbola Salu
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Book Description
A colorful holiday picture book, which captures the festivities, traditions, and excitement of Easter in Lagos, a modern African city. It's Easter Sunday in Lagos. People are excited and celebrating. But Eyitomi misses her Grandma. In a heartfelt letter, she gives her grandmother Seven Reasons Why She Should Spend her Next Easter in Lagos. But Mummy and Daddy have a surprise of their own. Readers of all ages will love reading a little girl's account of what makes Easter in Lagos truly special. Follow the events of Holy Week, including Easter Thursday and Good Friday, up till the grand finale: Easter Sunday or Resurrection Sunday. There is also a reference to Palm Sunday, which is celebrated the week before Easter Sunday. This storybook celebrates the enduring bonds of love between grandparents and grandchildren and shows how people connect with family during special holidays. Children will discover the joy of letter writing as a way of connecting with family especially during special holidays and will be inspired to write letters of their own. Don't miss Christmas in Lagos, the first book in the Nigerian Holidays series of picture books, by the same author with vibrant artwork by the same illustrator. Perfect for preschoolers, kindergarten children, toddlers, early readers.

Fine Boys

Fine Boys PDF Author: Eghosa Imasuen
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821447432
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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A coming-of-age tale told from the perspective of Nigeria’s Generation X, caught amid the throes of a nascent pro-democracy movement, demoralizing corruption, and campus violence. Ewaen is a Nigerian teenager, bored at home in Warri and eager to flee from his parents’ unhappy marriage and incessant quarreling. When Ewaen is admitted to the University of Benin, he makes new friends who, like him, are excited about their newfound independence. They hang out in parking lots, trading gibes in pidgin and English and discovering the pleasures that freedom affords them. But when university strikes begin and ruthlessly violent confraternities unleash mayhem on their campus, Ewaen and his new friends must learn to adapt—or risk becoming the confras' next unwilling recruits. In his trademark witty, colloquial style, critically acclaimed author Eghosa Imasuen presents everyday Nigerian life against the backdrop of the pro-democracy riots of the 1980s and 1990s, the lost hopes of June 12 (Nigeria’s Democracy Day), and the terror of the Abacha years. Fine Boys is a chronicle of time, not just in Nigeria, but also for its budding post-Biafran generation.

Men Don't Cry

Men Don't Cry PDF Author: Faiza Guene
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911115694
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
A tender and refreshing tale of family life, clashing cultures and belonging in France.

The Orsini Bride

The Orsini Bride PDF Author: SWEETBLUNCH
Publisher: Summit Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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“I need you to find me a bride.” Marco Orsini demanded this from the etiquette teacher, Francesca Marcolini. His grandfather’s mandate was simple: Present a bride on the day of his 86th birthday—and thereby secure the continuity of his clan and the massive Orsini empire—or he will be disinherited. But Marco doesn’t want just any woman. He wants the perfect woman, and he knew that only Francesca can help him find the perfect bride. She had all the connections to the best women in Italian society after all—She may have even taught them in the ways of the social graces, which intrigues Marco. The two will go to great lengths to find the perfect woman, but how far must they search to find the perfect Orsini bride?

An Ordinary Wonder

An Ordinary Wonder PDF Author: Buki Papillon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643137824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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An extraordinary literary debut about a Nigerian boy's secret intersex identity and his desire to live as a girl. Oto leaves for boarding school with one plan: excel and escape his cruel home. Falling in love with his roommate was certainly not on the agenda, but fear and shame force him to hide his love and true self. Back home, weighed down by the expectations of their wealthy and powerful family, the love of Oto's twin sister wavers and, as their world begins to crumble around them, Oto must make drastic choices that will alter the family's lives for ever. Richly imagined with art, proverbs and folk tales, this moving and modern novel follows Oto through life at home and at boarding school in Nigeria, through the heartbreak of living as a boy despite their profound belief they are a girl, and through a hunger for freedom that only a new life in the United States can offer. An Ordinary Wonder is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores complex desires as well as challenges of family, identity, gender, and culture, and what it means to feel whole.