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Christmas in Lagos

Author : Sharon Abimbola Salu

Publisher : Sharon Abimbola Salu

Page : 43 pages

File Size : 50,79 MB

Release : 2019-11-13

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1734654708

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A delightful and charming story celebrating Christmas in Lagos, a modern West African city. This picture book explores the sights and sounds of Lagos at Christmas through the eyes and words of a little Nigerian girl writing a Christmas journal. A cold, dry wind blew in from the Sahara desert and into Ranti's room It is ten days to Christmas, and also the last day of school. Ranti, a six year old girl who lives in the West African city of Lagos, Nigeria, sits in class and listens to her classmates describe all the exciting, far-away places they will visit during the Christmas holidays. Many of them will travel abroad for Christmas with their families. Ranti feels left out, and believes that her Christmas will be the most boring Christmas ever because she will be spending it in the city where she lives: Lagos. Because there is no snow in Lagos, she won't go ice skating or build a frosty snowman. However, with the encouragement of her class teacher, Miss Ani, Ranti starts a Christmas journal where she details all the amazing things that take place in the city of Lagos during Christmas. Although there is no snow in Lagos, and no tower to visit, Ranti develops a newfound appreciation for Lagos, and discovers all the exciting reasons that make Christmas in Lagos so special. Children will learn that you don't need to travel to exotic places to enjoy Christmas in your own town, city or village. Children will also learn the value of keeping a daily journal or diary. This picture book is a celebration of all the wonderful things that make Christmas special in Lagos. Readers of all ages will love following Ranti's journey through her Christmas diary, as she takes us through Lagos at Christmastime. It is also a celebration of all the things that make a Nigerian Christmas truly special, including Christmas concerts and Christmas carols in Nigerian languages. Perfect for read-alouds and storytime. Recommended for 4 - 8 year old children, preschoolers, kindergaten kids, toddlers and readers of all ages.



Lagos Travel Guide

Author : Funke Ogunkoya-Futi

Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 11,49 MB

Release : 2020-09-22

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1838593101

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Welcome to Lagos. Lagos’s combo of grit and (chaos) is bound to mesmerize all those keen to explore its vibrant culture, intense parties, charismatic souls, rich history and fabulous food. Lagos, one of the world’s most populous cities with over 18 million inhabitants, often gets overlooked – this guide exposes the mystery, the charm and all that Lagos has to offer to the bold traveler looking to immerse themselves in a truly African experience. This travel guide showcases Lagos’ soul, sights, and tastemakers in a new, upbeat and positive light. Visit Lagos smartly and safely with this Lagos travel guide that simulates the lifestyle of a true local. Lagos Travel Guide is a personal, honest and engaging perspective of the wondrous city from the eyes of the top changemakers. This guide will serve as your handbook to help you build a bond with the heartbeat of Africa. From one of Nigeria’s most highly recognised travel writers “Funke Ogunkoya-Futi”, this is the definitive book on visiting Lagos, Nigeria.





The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories

Author : Jessica Harrison

Publisher : Penguin UK

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 50,27 MB

Release : 2019-10-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0241396719

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The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irène Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time.



Easter in Lagos

Author : Sharon Abimbola Salu

Publisher : Sharon Abimbola Salu

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 38,48 MB

Release : 2020-04-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN :

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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.



Lagos Noir

Author : Jude Dibia

Publisher : Akashic Books

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 23,48 MB

Release : 2018-06-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1617756482

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“A stellar cast of award-winning Nigerian authors . . . a must-read for crime lovers looking for something different.”—Brittle Paper In Akashic Books’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Now, West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known authors. In Lagos Noir, the stories are set in “a city of more than 21 million and an amazing amalgam of wealth, poverty, corruption, humor, bravery, and tragedy. Abani and a dozen other contributors tell stories that are both unique to Lagos and universal in their humanity . . . This entry stands as one of the strongest recent additions to Akashic’s popular noir series” (Publishers Weekly, starred review, pick of the week). The anthology includes stories by Chris Abani, Nnedi Okorafor, E.C. Osondu, Jude Dibia, Chika Unigwe, A. Igoni Barrett, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Adebola Rayo, Onyinye Ihezukwu, Uche Okonkwo, Wale Lawal, ’Pemi Aguda, and Leye Adenle. “The beauty of this book, which contains 13 stories from Nigerian writers, is that it serves as a travelogue, too.”—Bloomberg, “The Darkest Summer Reading List for Those Bright, Beachy Days” “With writers like Igoni Barrett, Leye Adenle, and E.C. Osondu contributing, Lagos Noir offers wildly different perspectives on both the city itself and the state of noir fiction. This book is almost like a world in itself, one that you’ll want to dive back into and get lost in again and again.”—CrimeReads, “One of the 10 Best Crime Anthologies of 2018”



An African Christmas

Author : Ifeoma Onyefulu

Publisher : Frances Lincoln

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 46,69 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Christmas

ISBN : 9781845074210

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Book Description

It's Christmas time, and Afam has decided to create and dance his own masquerade, just like the big celebratory Mmo (masquerades) which he sees performing at festivals. Each time he starts collecting things to make his costume, family preparations for Christmas - haircuts, visiting the tailor, a church service, a trip to their village - get in the way. But in the end, Afam performs the most beautiful masquerade ever!



Christmas in Calabar

Author : Samson Shobayo

Publisher :

Page : 104 pages

File Size : 48,66 MB

Release : 2020-04-12

Category :

ISBN :

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A two weeks family trip by road from Lagos the Center of Excellence in Nigeria to Calabar The People's Paradise for Christmas, stopping along the way to experience the tourist attractions in the cities of Benin kingdom, Owerri the Eastern heartland and crowning it with the Coal city of Enugu on the way back. A wonderful family experience like never experienced.



The Crawling Giant

Author : Luke Onyekakeyah

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 731 pages

File Size : 46,94 MB

Release : 2013-08-09

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 147727779X

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Book Description

The Nigerian condition has been the subject of conversation among writers, policymakers, and market men and women. There is no where the subject is not broached or discussed and often solutions are proffered, from the rational to the mundane. This is to be applauded because a culture of debate is to be preferred to silence as it is a national asset. Indeed, it is the duty of the ruling elite within the state sphere to distil the feedback from the citizenry and turn it into an outcome that is healthy for the polity.



The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same

Author : Tilawan

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 466 pages

File Size : 10,1 MB

Release : 2012-08-15

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1477219145

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The book - as I waka for Naija: The More Things Change, the More they Remain the Same and The Adventures of SST, is a collection of positive comedy stories and inspirational excerpts to entertain and motivate the reader as he reads through. It involves fictional characters; events and deals on the common happenings in the complex but interesting country Nigeria fondly called Naija by some of its citizens which are portrayed in some areas of the book as Namuland.