Chioma and the Masquerade

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1499069618
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (99 download)

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Book Synopsis Chioma and the Masquerade by : Kathy Adinma

Download or read book Chioma and the Masquerade written by Kathy Adinma and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Chioma and the Masquerade is drawn from a typical Nigerian Igbo setting, where children gather under a tree on a moonlight night and are told beautiful stories laced with strong moral lessons. Parents, grandparents, or other adults find joy in storytelling, and the children look forward to these happy times. The stories are sometimes dramatized, and the excited voices of the children can be heard as they sang along with hearty clapping and dancing. This book teaches children the need to work hard and obey their parents. It also highlights the bad habit of telling lies and why good children should not lie. The rich culture of the new Yam Festival is shown. It is a time of thanksgiving to the good Lord for his great goodness, blessings, and mercies. It is a time of merriment with rich music and good food and exchange of visits between friends and families. The village square is the center of attraction, and people come from different parts of the villages to watch the dances, masquerades, local wrestling, and arts and crafts. The author wishes the children a happy reading and hope they will learn to be good, truthful, and obedient children.

The Last Sin

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503510654
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Sin by : James Nwabueze

Download or read book The Last Sin written by James Nwabueze and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hers Was a Case of Conspiracy . . . . . . as the African continent comes under siege by very horrid theories. But the assignment of one BBC reporter to decipher the true revelations of hell emanating from Sierra Leone brings him one step closer to her most crucial assignment. The Nigerian woman Eni Jacobs must save her marriage even as the news of her affair with the bishop of her father's ministry hit the World Wide Web. She is isolated and stigmatised, even when their affair is a ripple effect of an old flame she must avoid now. Bishop Lloyd is married. Besides, Eni is getting married to his younger brother, Luke, in two weeks. A Hope James C. Nwabueze writes with aplomb on such real issues that beset us as humans: the concept of our frailty, the demand for morality, the reality of hell. Eni returns to her family in Nigeria to face the shame and horror. But how can she cope through all these? Will Luke accept her back? And what about her newfangled feelings for Smith, the BBC reporter who now seeks to see her through this mess for Luke's place? Will she accept his offer or fight to make her marriage work, even with the last revelation that will change their lives forever? The last sin? Author's Note The Last Sin is a novel based on a true African story, set in Nigeria and the UK. These events, however, are entirely fictitious and bear no claim to any organisation or anyone whether dead or alive. Other names, co-ops, and scenes are nothing more than figments of the author's imagination, bent upon creating the most believable, picturesque background for the reading delight of our numerous readers. Also, The conversations, quotations, and thought lines used in this book have been greatly inspired from the author's own philosophical point of view. However, it may be quoted only in the context of the particular scene, situation, or character for better allusion.

The Devil of America Wants Me!

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665512792
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Book Synopsis The Devil of America Wants Me! by : Chioma Afoke

Download or read book The Devil of America Wants Me! written by Chioma Afoke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the darkest period, when the heavy insurgents of attacks were very obvious in my life, I felt the need to fight back, I wanted to fight differently. I was so tired of the constant harassments. Then came the voice of God ; He said to me, “You cannot do what you are planning to do, put it in writing, tell the world your story. The book shall be titled “The Devil of America Wants Me!” That voice gave birth to this book, I have the complete puzzle, I have the answer. This is my memoir, and also an inspiration from God.

Twice as Perfect

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Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 125082351X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Book Synopsis Twice as Perfect by : Louisa Onomé

Download or read book Twice as Perfect written by Louisa Onomé and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onomé, Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with an estranged older brother, helping her cousin plan a big Nigerian wedding, and pressure from her parents about her future. She thinks the only things worth doing are those that will lead to success. For seventeen-year-old Adanna Nkwachi, life is all about duty: to school and the debate team, to her Nigerian parents, and even to her cousin Genny as Adanna helps prepare Genny’s wedding to Afrobeats superstar Skeleboy. Because ever since her older brother, Sam, had a fight with their parents a few years ago and disappeared, somebody had to fill the void he left behind. Adanna may never understand what caused Sam to leave home, but the one thing she knows is that it’s on her to make sure her parents’ sacrifices aren’t in vain. One day, chance brings the siblings together again and they start working to repair their bond. Although she fears how their parents will react if they find out, Adanna’s determined to get answers about the night Sam left—Sam, who was supposed to be an engineer but is now, what, a poet? The more she learns about Sam’s poetry, the more Adanna begins to wonder if maybe her own happiness is just as important as doing what’s expected of her. Amid parental pressure, anxiety over the debate competition, a complicated love life, and the Nigerian wedding-to-end-all-weddings, can Adanna learn, just this once, to put herself first?

He Wants to Marry Me Again and Other Stories

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis He Wants to Marry Me Again and Other Stories by : Chinyere Grace Okafor

Download or read book He Wants to Marry Me Again and Other Stories written by Chinyere Grace Okafor and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Trial of Monogamy

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453595279
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Book Synopsis The Trial of Monogamy by : Dr. Oliver Akamnonu

Download or read book The Trial of Monogamy written by Dr. Oliver Akamnonu and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A male child Udoka, born to a family of five daughters and one son is raised by his single mother after the boy’s father dies prematurely in a rural third world community. The boy drops out of school at a very early age and joins the company of village loafers called “ofekes” and “ofo-ogolis.” These specialize in hanging around where there are wedding ceremonies, burial, and chieftaincy installation ceremonies, venues where there will be free food and free drinks. During one of such ceremonies in which Mr. Odike his cousin is taking a second wife, the uneducated Udoka sees, and falls in love with Chioma who is educated and who hails from a completely different social background being a catechist’s daughter. Udoka gets rebuffed. Twist of fate again brings both young people together and through encouragement from Chioma, Udoka goes to school, progresses, and ultimately marries Chioma. Further twist of fate sees the couple move over to Atlanta in America where Chioma trains for, and becomes a registered nurse and starts earning well. Her new situation positions Chioma into seeing Dr. Gerald an attending consultant in the hospital where she works. Chioma falls in love with the rich medical doctor and without provocation, divorces her beleaguered husband who, laden with the burden of debts and child support, flees from Atlanta back to his Akunwanta native land. Chioma gets disappointed by Dr. Gerald after she aborts a baby she was expecting for him. The polygamous nature of the common Akunwanta origin of the divorced former couple holds out the only opportunity whereby Chioma can find a place as a second wife to a now prosperous and polygamous Udoka. The monogamy by law policy in Atlanta as opposed to the accepted polygamy by culture in Akunwanta plays out favorably for both parties as it becomes possible for Udoka to remain monogamous in Atlanta but polygamous in Akunwanta. One man’s apparent poison plays out as another man’s delicious meat. Will the one learn from the other?

Binti: The Night Masquerade

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765393123
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Book Synopsis Binti: The Night Masquerade by : Nnedi Okorafor

Download or read book Binti: The Night Masquerade written by Nnedi Okorafor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concluding part of the highly-acclaimed science fiction trilogy that began with Nnedi Okorafor's Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning BINTI. Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with the Meduse. Far from her village when the conflicts start, Binti hurries home, but anger and resentment has already claimed the lives of many close to her. Once again it is up to Binti, and her intriguing new friend Mwinyi, to intervene--though the elders of her people do not entirely trust her motives--and try to prevent a war that could wipe out her people, once and for all. Don't miss this essential concluding volume in the Binti trilogy. The Binti Series Book 1: Binti Book 2: Binti: Home Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Fashioning the Afropolis

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350179531
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Fashioning the Afropolis by : Kerstin Pinther

Download or read book Fashioning the Afropolis written by Kerstin Pinther and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, Fashioning the Afropolis provides a range of innovative perspectives on global fashion, design, dress, photography, and the body in some of the major cities, with a focus on Lagos, Johannesburg, Dakar, and Douala. It contributes to the ongoing debates around the globalization of fashion and fashion theory by exploring fashion as a genuine urban phenomenon on the continent and among its diasporas. To date, “fashion” and “city” have not been systematically related to each other in the African context and, for too long, a western-centric gaze has dominated scholarship, resulting in the perception of Africa as provincial and its visual arts and textile cultures as static and folkloristic. This perspective is all the more distorted, given Africa's rich sartorial past. With a huge number of tailors ready to adapt and renew clothing, reshaping garments into contemporary styles, and many cities in Africa becoming hot-spots for a steadily growing and well-connected scene of fashion designers in the past 20 years, the time is ripe for a reevaluation and reconsideration of the fashionscapes of Africa. Leading scholars offer an updated empirical and theoretical foundation on which to base new and exciting research on sub-Saharan fashion, challenging perceptions and offering new insights.

Women and Power

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Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 2869784937
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)

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Book Synopsis Women and Power by : Olutoyin Mejiuni

Download or read book Women and Power written by Olutoyin Mejiuni and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is an important tool for the development of human potential. Organizations and individuals interested in development consider knowledge, skills and attitudes, obtained through formal, non-formal and incidental learning, as invaluable assets. Therefore, it is necessary to reflect on fundamental elements that shape the process through which education is attained: How do people learn, and what are the conditions that facilitate effective learning? Answers to these questions demonstrate that no education can be politically neutral, because there is no value-free education. The traditional or indigenous education systems in Nigeria, which covered (and still cover) physical training, development of character, respect for elders and peers, development of intellectual skills, specific vocational trainings, developing a sense of belonging and participation in community affairs, and understanding, appreciating and promoting the cultural heritage of the community were, and are, not value-free. In other words, the goals and purpose of education, the content, the entire process and the procedures chosen for evaluation in education are all value-laden. This book attempts to show that the teaching-learning process in higher education, and religion, taught and learned through non-formal and informal education (or the hidden curriculum), and other socialization processes within and outside the formal school system, all interface to determine the persons that women become. This education enhances or limits women's capabilities, whether in the civic-political sphere or in their attempts to resist violence. Hence, education and religion have ways of empowering or disempowering women.

Emile and the Field

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Publisher : Make Me a World
ISBN 13 : 198485044X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Emile and the Field written by Kevin Young and published by Make Me a World. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lyrical picture book from an award-winning poet, a young boy cherishes a neighborhood field throughout the changing seasons. With stunning illustrations and a charming text, this beautiful story celebrates a child's relationship with nature. There was a boy named Emile who fell in love with a field. It was wide and blue-- and if you could have seen it so would've you. Emile loves the field close to his home--in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children...and their sleds. This relatable and lyrical ode to one boy's love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine...and even to share.

Ikenga

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593113535
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Book Synopsis Ikenga by : Nnedi Okorafor

Download or read book Ikenga written by Nnedi Okorafor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR An AMAZON BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2020 Nnedi Okorafor's acclaimed first novel for middle grade readers introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga. Nnamdi's father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria had ever had. He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town. But then he was murdered, and most people believed the Chief of Chiefs, most powerful of the criminals, was responsible. Nnamdi has vowed to avenge his father, but he wonders what a twelve-year-old boy can do. Until a mysterious nighttime meeting, the gift of a magical object that enables super powers, and a charge to use those powers for good changes his life forever. How can he fulfill his mission? How will he learn to control his newfound powers? Award-winning Nnedi Okorafor, acclaimed for her Akata novels, introduces a new and engaging hero in her first novel for middle grade readers set against a richly textured background of contemporary Nigeria.

Readings in Gender in Africa

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253217400
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (174 download)

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Book Synopsis Readings in Gender in Africa by : Andrea Cornwall

Download or read book Readings in Gender in Africa written by Andrea Cornwall and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readings in Gender in Africa collects the most important critical and theoretical writings on how gender issues have transformed contemporary views of Africa. Scholarship from North America, Europe, and Africa is represented in this comprehensive volume. A synthetic introduction by Andrea Cornwall discusses efforts to include women in research about Africa. The volume not only shows how gender relations have been constructed on the African continent but reflects the changes in approach and inquiry that have been brought about as scholars consider gender identities and difference in their work. Specific themes covered here include the contestation and representation of gender, femininity and masculinity, livelihoods and lifeways, gender and religion, gender and culture, and gender and governance. Readers from across the landscape of African studies will find this an essential sourcebook. Published in association with the International African Institute, London

Kakaamotobe

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793643105
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Kakaamotobe written by Courtnay Micots and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kakaamotobe, meaning to scare, is known across southern Ghana, West Africa, as Fancy Dress performance. Masqueraders dress in colorful costumes and wear fancy and fierce masks; they dance energetically to drums or brass band music through the main streets of town during holidays, especially during Christmastime. Competitions held in two towns are intense annual events. This lively secular masquerade is a carnival form that has been practiced for well over a century primarily by coastal Fante people, and many additional ethnicities participate today. Kakaamotobe: Fancy Dress Carnival in Ghana explores the fascinating history, aesthetics, performance, and underlying messages of this masquerade with ties to other carnivalesque practices in the Black Atlantic. While Fancy Dress may engage with global cultures through some of its aesthetics, the practice is profoundly African. The utilization of elaborate costumes, masks, and brass bands expresses not a desire to imitate outside cultures, but rather the impulse of youth to adapt traditional culture to the contemporary environment. Courtnay Micots argues that the outward impression of folly belies the more serious refashioning of power, identity, and modernity in the community.

The New Pocket Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The New Pocket Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages by : Giuspanio Graglia

Download or read book The New Pocket Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages written by Giuspanio Graglia and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Teller of Secrets

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063088967
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Teller of Secrets written by Bisi Adjapon and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bisi Adjapon writes with incredible vividness and clarity. Her similes and attention to all of the senses are really extraordinary.”—Dave Eggers, author of The Monk of Mokha “Melding blistering humor with razor-sharp insight, The Teller of Secrets heralds a marvel of a writer, one capable of deftly balancing questions of sexuality, politics, and feminism in a novel that is a pure joy to read.”—Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize In this stunning debut novel—a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening—a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up amid the political upheaval of late 1960s postcolonial Ghana begins to question the hypocrisy of her patriarchal society, and the restrictions and unrealistic expectations placed on women. Young Esi Agyekum is the unofficial “secret keeper” of her family, as tight-lipped about her father's adultery as she is about her half-sisters’ sex lives. But after she is humiliated and punished for her own sexual exploration, Esi begins to question why women's secrets and men's secrets bear different consequences. It is the beginning of a journey of discovery that will lead her to unexpected places. As she navigates her burgeoning womanhood, Esi tries to reconcile her own ideals and dreams with her family’s complicated past and troubled present, as well as society’s many double standards that limit her and other women. Against a fraught political climate, Esi fights to carve out her own identity, and learns to manifest her power in surprising and inspiring ways. Funny, fresh, and fiercely original, The Teller of Secrets marks the American debut of one of West Africa's most exciting literary talents.

Binti: Home

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Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 0765393107
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Book Synopsis Binti: Home by : Nnedi Okorafor

Download or read book Binti: Home written by Nnedi Okorafor and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for the 2018 Hugo and Nommo Awards It’s been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders. But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace. After generations of conflict can human and Meduse ever learn to truly live in harmony? The Binti Series Book 1: Binti Book 2: Binti: Home Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade Praise for Nnedi Okorafor: "Binti is a supreme read about a sexy, edgy Afropolitan in space! It's a wondrous combination of extra-terrestrial adventure and age-old African diplomacy. Unforgettable!" - Wanuri Kahiu, award winning Kenyan film director of Pumzi and From a Whisper "A perfect dove-tailing of tribal and futuristic, of sentient space ships and ancient cultural traditions, Binti was a beautiful story to read.” – Little Red Reviewer “Binti is a wonderful and memorable coming of age story which, to paraphrase Lord of the Rings, shows that one girl can change the course of the galaxy.” – Geek Syndicate “Binti packs a punch because it is such a rich, complex tale of identity, both personal and cultural... and like all of Nnedi Okorafor’s works, this one is also highly, highly recommended.” – Kirkus Reviews "There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics." -Ursula K. Le Guin "Okorafor's impressive inventiveness never flags." - Gary K. Wolfe on Lagoon At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Destined to be

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Destined to be by : Agwu Nwogo

Download or read book Destined to be written by Agwu Nwogo and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: