Tortoise claims that the piece of land next to King Lion’s palace belongs to his family. Lion and Tortoise have asked the Creator for help, and now there is to be a cooking contest to decide the owner of the land – Tortoise or Lion?
There is a talking tree in the village that is making everyone afraid. Is the tree truly talking or is this a trick?
“Nine Lives” offers a deeply personal perspective on Nigeria’s military history, particularly during the regimes of Muhammadu Buhari and Sani Abacha. These periods were marked by egregious human rights violations, economic struggles, and social unrest, and through his memoir, Bello-Fadile provides a unique lens through which to better understand this complex chapter in Nigeria’s past.
High fantasy inspired by West African spirituality that follows a young musician drawn into a battle between gods.
Rumi and his family are Odu, stricken with poverty and disparaged by the other tribes. When ruthless agents of the Palmaine—the colonising nation that dominates the continent of Basmine—threaten to destroy the village market, Rumi takes it upon himself to liberate his family. Taking a place in the prestigious Golden Room, where earnings from his music offer a chance at freedom, he shoulders his pride and resentment in a bid to make it to the top.
On what should be Rumi’s greatest night at the Golden Room, his life is turned upside down. A terrifying individual known as the Priest of Vultures attacks Rumi and his family. Before her death, Rumi’s mother, Adunola, solicits the help of a dying god and saves Rumi, setting him on the path to become a Shadowwielder: warriors with the ability to use their shadow as a weapon. But Rumi’s need for vengeance may be more important to him than the future of his people…
This is simply the story of a great woman, the first African female writer to ever be internationally published—of who she was, and of what she believed in.
Biodun ‘BG’ Gomez faces a bleak Christmas season in Lagos. Her rent is months overdue. Her job as an OAP at Reel FM is precarious. Her co-host who she has a crush on, sees her as a friend. Instead of romance, she gets an unsolicited wink from a bus conductor at Ketu Bus Stop. She needs a Christmas miracle.
Kunle Bakare was indifferent about his reputation as a lady-killer: sometimes, he played into it. But he worked hard to stop being that man five years ago. Now, he wants to be seen as a C-suite executive who earned his seat without his family’s influence. So, he must win enough votes with Falcon PLC’s board to succeed his mother as the CEO.
Biodun and Kunle are haunted by a secret from twelve years ago that shames them both. Now, mutual enemies hidden in plain sight, reveal that secret to the world: it becomes a scandal that threatens the future of Reel FM, the growth of Falcon, their career aspirations, and fates they don’t know are intertwined.
A Very Gidi Christmas is a gift of resilience, ambition, and forgotten love wrapped in a sexy bow.
What Sunny Saw in the Flames transports the reader to a magical place where nothing is quite as it seems. Born in New York, but living in Aba, Nigeria, thirteen-year-old Sunny is understandably a little lost. She is albino. Her eyes are so sensitive to the sun that she has to wait until evening to play football. Apart from being good at the beautiful game, she has a special gift: she can see into the future. At school, she soon becomes part of a special quartet with unique powers.
Together, Sunny, Orlu, Chichi and Sasha explore this exciting realm of strange creatures and dark secrets. The good news is that in this world, your worst defect is actually your greatest asset. But there’s a catch. Someone is kidnapping children and maiming or killing them. The group is asked to help track down the criminal. Will Sunny be able to overcome the killer with powers stronger than her own, or will the future she saw in the flames become reality Nnedi Okorafor’s novel is an absorbing coming of age fantasy novel, ideal for readers aged 12-16.
Tolu’s adventures on the streets of Lagos is a captivating book which highlights through the eyes of a little girl the busy streets of one of Africa’s most populous state, Lagos as she makes her way to her Aunt’s House. It gives a detailed analysis of the various interesting, diverse and sometimes sad events that occur on what should have been a fairly simple and straight forward journey.
Tolu’s adventures on the streets of Lagos open up the reader to occurrences and situations with a twist of humour. It is a book for the family as both parents and children will immensely enjoy the content of this book. It is educative and full of suspense sure to keep the children and even adults intrigued and occupied.
A poignant story of a young Nigerian woman, living with the consequences of a war her country didn’t choose.
Lagos, 1939
With the announcement of World War Two and a change that sends shockwaves through her family, Kehinde is forced to put aside her dreams of writing and become the third wife of Mr Ogunjobi.
Kehinde makes her peace by selling snacks at a small market. When she gets the chance to assist the leader of the Lagos Market Women’s Association, fighting for the rights the British are trying to take away, Kehinde finally feels useful again.
But if her husband finds out he’ll abandon her.
Can Kehinde find the courage to fight for herself and the other women of Lagos? Or will she remain a caged bird, a parlour wife, forever.
Friends since high school, the five young men at the heart of The Interpreters have returned to Lagos after studying abroad to embark on careers as a physician, a journalist, an engineer, a teacher, and an artist. As they navigate wild parties, affairs of the heart, philosophical debates, and professional dilemmas, they struggle to reconcile the cultural traditions and Western influences that have shaped them—and that still divide their country.
Soyinka deftly weaves memories of the past through scenes of the present as the five friends move toward an uncertain future. The result is a vividly realized fictional world rendered in prose that pivots easily from satire to tragedy and manages to be both wildly funny and soaringly poetic.
A Guide to Solo Travel is a book that provides tips for navigating the hassles of first-time international travel. It covers making a checklist, getting visas, booking flights, and planning departures. It also covers entry requirements and arriving in your destination country.
Each chapter in this book is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the chapter’s topic and offers valuable suggestions. The second part, separated by asterisks, shares my personal experiences abroad. These experiences align with the chapter’s central theme.
Surefoot is an interactive, adventure, fictional story about a young princess from the Omahi tribe, who goes on an expedition to the Mountain of Lanogoza, seeking the healing stone to save the life of her father, Chief Ziza.
The threat of war from the Akuka raiders is real and the Omahi tribe need their chief to lead them to battle. He alone, and his male heir, has the authority to wield the famed Staff of Authority, a gift from the seven spirits of Ebinome River. Without the staff, the Omahi tribe’s victory is not certain.
Surefoot is not a male heir and can’t wield the staff, but she can attempt to save her father’s life. The journey to Lanogoza is no easy task, fraught with dangers on every side, from crossing several seas and mountains to encountering the great keeper ot the stone-the mighty ancient dragon.
In this game book, you the reader, will play the character of Surefoot and will have to guide her safely to succeed in her quest.
Your adventure begins as you read this book.
If My Country Had a Jury is a futuristic legal thriller.
Alade, an aspiring litigant, is recently employed in the Office of the Public Defender and incidentally charged with the task of prosecuting an affluent degenerate, with little in terms of evidence. Along with his friend and a colleague, they battle a legal shyster of stellar repute in a courtroom filled with biased jurors. Will justice prevail, or once again be defeated by whims of the upper echelons? The outcome of the case will determine his future. The case has thrown him into the legal ocean; he must figure out a way to swim against the currents or drown in the tides of the legal profession.
Face Me I Face You is a collection of witty and humorous poems existing at the interface of identity, class, and culture. It holds a mirror to the working class by capturing the narrative essence and dramatized aspirations of its characters. The deployed humor and satire humanizes our modern realities and reaches beyond the tragedy of these colorful archetypes of city life.
When the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic hits, Wumi finds herself jobless and decides to journal like the YouTubers suggest. What begins as a daily journal transitions into the rantings of a millennial exposing the frustrations and thoughts of a young immigrant Nigerian in cold London.
A searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from Nigeria to Libya to Italy, from an exciting new literary voice.
Able God works for low pay at a four-star hotel where he must flash his “toothpaste-white smile” for wealthy guests. When not tending to the hotel’s over privileged clientele, he muses over self-help books and draws life lessons from the game of chess.
But Able’s ordinary life is upended when an early morning room service order leads him to interfere with Akudo, a sex worker involved with a powerful but dangerous hotel guest. Suddenly caught in a web of violence, guilt, and fear, Able must run to save himself—a journey that leads him into the desert with a group of drug-addled migrants, headed by a charismatic religious leader calling himself Ben Ten. The travellers’ dream of reaching Europe—and a new life—is shattered when they fall prey to human traffickers, suffer starvation, and find themselves on the precipice of death, fighting for their lives and their freedom.
As Able God moves into the treacherous unknown, his consciousness becomes focused on survival and the foundations of his beliefs—his ideas about betterment and salvation—are forever altered. Suspenseful, incisive, and illuminating, The Road to the Salt Sea is a story of family, fate, religion, survival, the failures of the Nigerian class system, and what often happens to those who seek their fortunes elsewhere.
