I Love My Country, Nigeria
Author : S. M. O. Aka
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 25,14 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Nigeria
ISBN :
Author : S. M. O. Aka
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 25,14 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Nigeria
ISBN :
Author : Peter Cunliffe-Jones
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0230112609
His nineteenth-century cousin, paddled ashore by slaves, twisted the arms of tribal chiefs to sign away their territorial rights in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Sixty years later, his grandfather helped craft Nigeria's constitution and negotiate its independence, the first of its kind in Africa. Four decades later, Peter Cunliffe-Jones arrived as a journalist in the capital, Lagos, just as military rule ended, to face the country his family had a hand in shaping.Part family memoir, part history, My Nigeria is a piercing look at the colonial legacy of an emerging power in Africa. Marshalling his deep knowledge of the nation's economic, political, and historic forces, Cunliffe-Jones surveys its colonial past and explains why British rule led to collapse at independence. He also takes an unflinching look at the complicated country today, from email hoaxes and political corruption to the vast natural resources that make it one of the most powerful African nations; from life in Lagos's virtually unknown and exclusive neighborhoods to the violent conflicts between the numerous tribes that make up this populous African nation. As Nigeria celebrates five decades of independence, this is a timely and personal look at a captivating country that has yet to achieve its great potential.
Author : The Borough Press
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 24,85 MB
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0008469288
To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or images.
Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1101595981
From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, There Was a Country is a towering account of one of modern Africa’s most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, There Was a Country is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe’s place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.
Author : Oribi Charles
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1491890487
Rhymes from the Niger This is a collection of poems written as rhymes to help children in their nursery and early primary classes gather knowledge about Nigeria. Using common national symbols and the nations aesthetics, the author helps the child to not only grasp the early concept of reading but also create a sense of patriotism to their nation and continent. Whether as a class textbook or an evening read after dinner, children will find the book to be fun and educational.
Author : Ike Ekweremadu
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2015-08-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781938598203
Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 16,81 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780435906986
This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup.
Author : Ayobami Adebayo
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 36,80 MB
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 045149461X
“Powerfully magnetic. . . . In the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. . . . A thoroughly contemporary—and deeply moving—portrait of a marriage.” —The New York Times Book Review Ilesa, Nigeria. Ever since they first met and fell in love at university, Yejide and Akin have agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years into their marriage—after consulting fertility doctors and healers, and trying strange teas and unlikely cures—Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has time—until her in-laws arrive on her doorstep with a young woman they introduce as Akin’s second wife. Furious, shocked, and livid with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to get pregnant. Which, finally, she does—but at a cost far greater than she could have dared to imagine. The unforgettable story of a marriage as seen through the eyes of both husband and wife, Stay With Me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family. A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Chicago Tribune, BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Post, Southern Living, The Skimm A 2017 BEA Buzz Panel Selection A Belletrist Book-of-the-Month A Sarah Jessica Parker Book Club Selection Shortlisted for the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and the 9mobile Prize for Literature Longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize
Author : A. Igoni Barrett
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1555979262
Furo Wariboko, a young Nigerian, awakes the morning before a job interview to find that he's been transformed into a white man. In this condition he plunges into the bustle of Lagos to make his fortune. With his red hair, green eyes, and pale skin, it seems he's been completely changed. Well, almost. There is the matter of his family, his accent, his name. Oh, and his black ass. Furo must quickly learn to navigate a world made unfamiliar and deal with those who would use him for their own purposes. Taken in by a young woman called Syreeta and pursued by a writer named Igoni, Furo lands his first-ever job, adopts a new name, and soon finds himself evolving in unanticipated ways. A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass is a fierce comic satire that touches on everything from race to social media while at the same time questioning the values society places on us simply by virtue of the way we look. As he did in Love Is Power, or Something Like That, Barrett brilliantly depicts life in contemporary Nigeria and details the double-dealing and code-switching that are implicit in everyday business. But it's Furo's search for an identity--one deeper than skin--that leads to the final unraveling of his own carefully constructed story.
Author : Ayisha Osori
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 2017
Category :
ISBN : 9789789588343