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Book Synopsis What if it Rained Jollof Rice by : Nikitta Dede Adjirakor
Download or read book What if it Rained Jollof Rice written by Nikitta Dede Adjirakor and published by Yellow Mango Press. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jollof rice is Nardu’s favourite food but is that all it is meant to be? In fact, what if it rained jollof rice? What would jollof rice sound like if it could sing? In this whimsical story, Nardu reimagines the world through her favourite food and inspires readers to look at the world through a fantastic lens.
Book Synopsis The Bird That Calls the Rain by : Olaide J. Oladapo
Download or read book The Bird That Calls the Rain written by Olaide J. Oladapo and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oba Akintokunbo leaves his hometown in Ondo State for Lagos in search of a job. His university friend, Solomon Jones, accommodates him in his room-and-parlour apartment in Obalende. When Oba goes job hunting and isn’t successful in getting a good job, Ikenna, a young man living in Solomon’s house, approaches him with a job that involves scouting for voters for a political party in preparation for the upcoming general election. Ikenna is unaware that the reason why Oba has come to Lagos is not just to find a job but to look for his girlfriend who was a victim of electoral violence three years ago. A riveting account of a Nigerian youth who has vowed to hate his country as long as he lives.
Download or read book The Madhouse written by TJ Benson and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2021-03-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dazzling story of a Nigerian family. The house at the end of Freetown Street in Nigeria’s Sabon Gari was once a sanatorium for colonists deranged from the heat and insanity of the place. Now it is home to a family whose unorthodox lives unfold into legend: Sweet Mother, an artist, her husband Shariff, a writer and soldier, and their children André and Max. From the moment his baby brother André is born, Max attaches himself to him, even dreaming the boy’s homicidal dreams. When the wayward André later pulls free from the family to join a death cult, Max must decide how far he will be drawn into his brother’s web. Serene and beautiful, Ladidi joins the family as a foster child, promising to marry the boy at school who can bring her a strawberry, a fruit she has never tasted. Sensuality blooms, along with loss of innocence amid the death of music legend Fela Kuti, massacres, disappearances, abductions and broken promises. While Sweet Mother and Shariff battle their personal demons, Max realises you cannot save your family. But can you ever escape them? In his exhilarating debut, TJ Benson conjures up a kaleidoscope of Nigeria. This is the extraordinary tale of five people bound by blood, each searching for a way through.
Book Synopsis Somebody's Heart Is Burning by : Tanya Shaffer
Download or read book Somebody's Heart Is Burning written by Tanya Shaffer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It's my life, and if I want to run from it I can,” quips Tanya Shaffer. An incorrigible wanderer, Shaffer has a habit of fleeing domesticity for the joys and rigors of the open road. This time her destination is Ghana, and what results is a transformative year spent roaming the African continent. Eager to transcend the limitations of tourism, Shaffer works as a volunteer, building schools and hospitals in remote villages. At the heart of her tale are the profound, complex, often challenging relationships she forms with those she meets along the way. Whether recounting a perilous boat trip to Timbuktu, a night of impassioned political debate in Ghana, or a fumbled romance in Burkina Faso, Shaffer portrays the collision of African and North American cultures with self-deprecating humor and clear-eyed compassion. Filled with warmth, candor, and an exuberant sense of adventure, Somebody’s Heart is Burning raises provocative questions about privilege, wealth, and the true meaning of friendship.
Download or read book More Perfect written by Temi Oh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reimagining of the Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, for fans of Becky Chambers and William Gibson by Alex Award–winning author Temi Oh. Using the myth of Eurydice as a structure, this riveting science fiction novel is set in a near-future London where it has become popular for folks to have a small implant that allows one access to a more robust social media experience directly as an augmented reality. However, the British government has taken oversight of this access to an extreme, slowly tilting towards a dystopian overreach, all in the name of safety.
Book Synopsis Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa by : Rachel Zadok
Download or read book Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa written by Rachel Zadok and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Day Africa presents its annual anthology. The stories explore true and alternative African culture through a competition on the theme of Water. This is the third in the SSDA collection of anthologies, which aim to break the one-dimensional view of African storytelling and fiction writing. Short Story Day Africa brings together writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, teachers, and school children from all over the globe to write, submit, read, workshop, and discuss stories. Rachel Zadok is the author of two novels: Gem Squash Tokoloshe (2005) and Sister-Sister (2013). Nick Mulgrew is a freelance editor and a columnist for the Sunday Times, South Africa.
Download or read book Can I Help You? written by Philip Osment and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night, an off-duty police officer and a woman carrying a cat box meet on Beachy Head. Two disparate souls collide, and learn what it truly means to be touched by the magic of hope. Philip Osment's final play, Can I Help You? is a magical realist examination of the role race and gender have to play in mental health and suicide.
Book Synopsis The Drumbeats of Afdie by : Rene Badjan
Download or read book The Drumbeats of Afdie written by Rene Badjan and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Drumbeats of Afdie is the story of Omadi, a Gambian immigrant who came to the United States. It describes the life of Omadi both in the United States and in his native country, The Gambia. In the book the reader is exposed to Gambian tradition and culture. The narration about gods and oracles offers a wider appreciation of this African phenomenon. The nuances of the American immigration system become a focal point in the book, as Omadi is torn between the choice of staying in the country as an illegal immigrant or going back home. The social dynamics that are an nitegral part of his experience, give the reader an insight into the cultural norms and values that have helped to shape Omadi's life.
Book Synopsis African Love Stories by : Ama Ata Aidoo
Download or read book African Love Stories written by Ama Ata Aidoo and published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical collection of love stories from African women. The collection combines the confidence of established and award-winning writers with the tentativeness and originality of budding writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. Focusing on love and radically debunking the myth about African women being poor and helpless victims this anthology rather depicts their strength, complexity and diversity.
Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City by : Tong King Lee
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City written by Tong King Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-27 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City is the first multifaceted and cross-disciplinary overview of how cities can be read through the lens of translation and how translation studies can be enriched by an understanding of the complex dynamics of the city. Divided into four sections, the chapters are authored by leading scholars in translation studies, sociolinguistics, and literary and cultural criticism. They cover contexts from Brussels to Singapore and Melbourne to Cairo and topics from translation as resistance to translanguaging and urban design. This volume explores the role of translation at critical junctures of a city’s historical transformation as well as in the mundane intercultural moments of urban life, and uncovers the trope of the translational city in writing. This Handbook is critical reading for researchers, scholars and advanced students in translation studies, linguistics and urban studies.
Book Synopsis Perfect Little Angels by : Vincent Anioke
Download or read book Perfect Little Angels written by Vincent Anioke and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist, Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers (Writers' Trust of Canada) A beautifully imagined story collection set largely in Nigeria that explores themes of masculinity and repressed desires through the lens of (un)conditional love In this stunning debut story collection set largely in Nigeria, questions abound: What happens when we fall short of society’s—and our own—expectations? When our personal desires conflict with the duties we are bound to? The characters in Perfect Little Angels confront these dilemmas and more in these brilliantly imagined tales. In a boarding school, tensions brew between students and vengeful staff. An addict seeks a fresh start in pottery class. A man returns home from university abroad with confessions that unravel his mother’s world. Amid winter storms, a ghost delights her grief-stricken partner. And atop a hill surrounded by rot and garbage, two lovers dare to embark on a secret, dangerous romance. Human desires—for connection, salvation, and understanding—imbue these deeply Nigerian stories with universal resonance. In Vincent Anioke’s tenderly written stories, characters seek love in different permutations from teachers, parents, dead partners, and even God. Perfect Little Angels is a nuanced exploration of masculinity, religion, marginalization, suppressed queerness, and self-expression through the lens of (un)conditional love. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. This book is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
Book Synopsis Ese: The Misadventures of Moving Forward by : Emoefeoghene (Efe) Akpofure Imoyin-Omene
Download or read book Ese: The Misadventures of Moving Forward written by Emoefeoghene (Efe) Akpofure Imoyin-Omene and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ese has comfortably situated himself into the consistent ebbs and flows of his existence, seemingly schooling life and cracking the code to instant success. All of that changes when he moves schools, becoming a big fish in a vast and enveloping ocean. Dealing with questions of sexuality, identity, love, crushes and finding a concrete path on the lonely road. From talent shows to scheduling conflicts, debates and romance, Ese goes through revelatory experiences in a hilariously honest fashion. Ese, with the help and hindrance of an eclectic crew, embarks on the messy misadventures of moving forward.
Book Synopsis Jos Boy's Tale of the Nigerian Biafra War by : Onwusa Opiah
Download or read book Jos Boy's Tale of the Nigerian Biafra War written by Onwusa Opiah and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jos Boy's Tale of the Nigerian Biafra War is written to bring true reconciliation and to show those who are currently leading many countries of the world that, “you gain nothing by violence.” There is honour in peaceful settlement of any dispute. Onwusa Opiah in this book postulates that an inclusive government with qualified people in positions of authority, in line with their potential, would enable Nigeria to achieve greatness. He defines patriotism as the ability to give up selfish interest for the general good of the people. It encompasses taking action devoid of nepotism and the success of the country and its citizens. Writing this book is also aimed at correcting the erroneous impression held by many people in Nigeria that the war was fought because the Igbo people wanted to secede. As can explained in the book, this impression cannot be true as the Igbo people called home any place they found themselves in. It is written to provoke readers, that if within two and a half years, Biafra was able to build a refinery and manufacture other things, what stops Nigeria after sixty years of independence?
Book Synopsis Trinity High. Big Changes by : CNN Lokko
Download or read book Trinity High. Big Changes written by CNN Lokko and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trinity High School is undergoing changes that are both challenging and heartbreaking. Naa Atswei, now a form three girl, no longer has to worry about the seniors - she is now one of them. What she and her mates do not know, is that in a strange twist of late, they now have to worry about the juniors! These new ninos are not only atypical, but are united with one resolve - wage war on all seniors!
Book Synopsis Letter to Aisha and Other Stories by : Okoro, Dike
Download or read book Letter to Aisha and Other Stories written by Okoro, Dike and published by Cissus World Press. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories portray life as instances of change under a canopy of love, avarice, determination, redemption, and triumph. They are all vignettes of life in certain realistic and ephemeral ways. [Okoro] portrays realism and illusion as two sides of a coin which inevitably propel us into fantasy, and awareness. The stories have a certain speed. They seem to move and confront us with certain vagaries of life. We enjoy these vagaries even when they occur unexpectedly as in "The Cross Bearer", where we find out that the person falsely accused of impregnating a girl was finally released when the real culprit was discovered. In "Boma's Wedding" the plight of someone unknowingly falling in love and wanting to marry her own father becomes a kind of puzzle, a certain tragedy of errors, so to speak. The fact that in most of the stories the environment is Port Harcourt Nigeria makes it homely for Nigerian readership.The reader of these short stories will also enjoy the candor, the humor and the wit inherent in them, particularly when the story stops to delve into a dream sequence and finally back into the actual story mode. The metaphorical intention of the author agrees with the literary symbolism of each short story. This is a delight. - Oladipo Kalejaiye, PhD Head of Department, Theater Art & Culture, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Book Synopsis Children of the Quicksands by : Efua Traoré
Download or read book Children of the Quicksands written by Efua Traoré and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children's writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoruba myths and legends while showcasing the wealth of culture, traditions, adventure, joy, pride, and love found in Nigeria. In a remote Nigerian village, thirteen-year-old Simi is desperate to uncover a family secret. Ajao is nothing like Lagos -- no cells phones, no running water or electricity. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals rustling in the dark forest outside. Her witchlike grandmother dispenses advice and herbal medicine to the village, but she's tight lipped about their family history. Something must have happened, but what? Determined to find out, Simi disobeys her grandmother and goes exploring only to find herself sinking in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake and into the strange parallel world that lies beneath. It must have been a dream... right? Wrong. Something isn’t right. Children are disappearing and it’s up to Simi to discover the truth.
Download or read book His Return written by Nwanganga Shields and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clint, a first-generation American, feels a calling to postpone law school to travel to Nigeria where his parents were born. His parents, who had distanced themselves from Nigeria, had striven to make him American. Against their wishes, he went to live with his grandparents at Arochukwu, a small town situated on one of the tributaries of the Cross River, and to participate in its traditions. There, through stories, he started experiencing the life of his great-grandfather Achi, who had been brought to the area as a slave in the late eighteenth century. Achi had lived at a time when the Aros influence among other ethnic groups was waning, following a 19011902 British invasion to destroy the deity from which the Aros derived their power and to open the area to Christian missionaries. This is a story of a young African Americans struggle to reclaim his identity.
