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In this debut collection,
Chinelo Okparanta
introduces us to families
burdened equally by the
past and the future.
Here, we meet a
childless couple with
very different desires; a
college professor
comforting a troubled
student; a mother seeking
refuge from an abusive
husband; an embittered
spinster recalling the
loss of a dear childhood
friend; and a young woman
waiting to join her lover
abroad. High expectations
- whether of success in
Nigeria, or the dream of
opportunity and
accomplishment in America
- consume them. In
language that is both raw
and elegant, Happiness,
Like Water heralds the
arrival of a fearless and
sensitive literary voice.
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An insurgency in Nigeria
by the Islamist extremist
group Boko Haram has left
thousands dead, shaken
Africa`s biggest country
and worried the world.
Yet it remains a
mysterious - almost
unknowable -
organisation. Through
exhaustive on-the-ground
reporting, Mike Smith
takes readers inside the
conflict and provides the
first in-depth account of
the violence and unrest.
He traces Boko Haram from
its beginnings as a small
Islamist sect in
Nigeria`s remote
northeast, led by a
baby-faced but
charismatic preacher, to
its transformation into a
hydra-headed entity,
deploying suicide bombers
and abducting
schoolgirls. Interspersed
with history, this book
delves into the roots of
this unholy war being
waged by a virtually
unknown organisation,
which is set to shape the
destiny of Africa`s most
popular and economically
most popular state - and
perhaps affect the future
of Africa.
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An insurgency in Nigeria
by the Islamist extremist
group Boko Haram has left
thousands dead, shaken
Africa`s biggest country
and worried the world.
Yet they remain a
mysterious almost
unknowable organisation.
Through exhaustive
on-the-ground reporting,
M.J. Smith takes readers
inside the violence and
provides the first
in-depth account of the
conflict. He traces Boko
Haram from its beginnings
as a small Islamist sect
in Nigeria`s remote
northeast, led by a
baby-faced but
charismatic preacher, to
its transformation into a
hydra-headed monster,
deploying suicide bombers
and abducting innocent
schoolgirls. Much of the
book is told through the
eyes of Nigerians who
have found themselves
caught between the
violence of a shadowy
group of insurgents,
brutal security forces
accused of horrifying
abuses and an inept
government led by an
accidental president. It
includes the voices of a
forgotten police officer
left paralysed by an
attack, women whose
husbands have been
murdered and a
sword-wielding vigilante
using charms to fend off
insurgent bullets.It
journeys through the
sleaze and corruption
that has robbed Africa`s
biggest oil producer of
its potential, making it
such fertile ground for
extremism. Along the way
it questions whether
there can be any end to
the violence and the ways
in which this might be
achieved. Interspersed
with history, this book
delves into the roots of
this unholy war being
waged against the
backdrop of an evolving
extremist threat
worldwide.”
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When Patience Ibrahim`s
husband died, she feared
that her life was over.
She had prayed every
night for a baby to
complete her family, and
suddenly she found
herself a
nineteen-year-old widow,
alone in the world. But
when she fell in love
again, a happy future
seemed possible. Patience
married once more, and
was overjoyed to discover
that she was pregnant.A
few days later,
everything fell apart.
Men from Boko Haram
arrived at her door,
killing Patience`s new
husband and kidnapping
her. This is the
incredible true story of
her and her baby
daughter`s survival,
against all the odds.
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When army officer Chike
Ameobi is ordered to kill
innocent civilians, he
knows that it is time to
leave. As he travels
towards Lagos, he
becomes the leader of a
new platoon, a band of
runaways who share his
desire for a better life.
Their arrival in the city
coincides with the
eruption of a political
scandal. The education
minister, Chief Sandayo,
has disappeared and is
suspected of stealing
millions of dollars from
government funds. After
an unexpected encounter
with the Chief, Chike
and his companions must
make a choice. Ahmed
Bakare, editor of the
failing Nigerian Journal,
is desperate for
information. But perhaps
the situation is more
complex than it appears.
As moving as it is
mesmerising, Welcome to
Lagos is a novel about
the power of our dreams
for the future and the
place of morality in a
sometimes hostile world.
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`For all its richness and
mindboggling variety,
African food has yet to
cross over in the UK.
With her freewheeling,
boldly flavourful take on
Nigerian cuisine, Lope
Ariyo could be the person
to make it happen.`
Observer Lope Ariyo is
the rising star of
African cooking and
Hibiscus, her first
book, is packed with
delicious dishes. An
energetic and supremely
talented cook, Lope
creates fresh, fuss-free
meals that are full of
flavour. With chapters
including Fruits,
Vegetables & Tubers;
Grains & Pulses; Meat &
Poultry and Baking &
Desserts, there`s
something for every
occasion and for
everyone.
Nigerian-inspired
flavours and cooking
methods can transform
everyday dishes into
something spectacular.
Whether it`s
experimenting with new
ingredients (Hibiscus
Chicken), reimagining
old favourites
(Grapefruit and Guava
Cheesecake; Baked Kuli
Kuli Cod with Cayenne Yam
Chips; Lagos Mess),
exploring different
techniques (Cheat`s Ogi,
Chin Chin) or finding
alternatives to everyday
staples (Plantain Mash
with Ginger, Corn and
Okra Gravy; Nigerian
Roast Veg), Lope will
help you discover all
that modern Nigerian food
has to offer.
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The defining experience
of Chinua Achebe`s life
was the Nigerian civil
war, also known as the
Biafran War. For more
than forty years Achebe
was silent on those
terrible years, until he
produced this towering
reckoning with one of
modern Africa`s most
fateful events. A
marriage of history,
remembrance, poetry and
vivid first-hand
observation, There Was a
Country is a work of
wisdom and compassion
from one of the great
voices of our age.
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An urgent Penguin Special
investigating the 2014
mass-kidnapping of 276
schoolgirls by the
world`s deadliest
terrorists On 14th April
2014, 276 girls
disappeared from a
secondary school in
northern Nigeria,
kidnapped by the world`s
deadliest terror group. A
tiny number have escaped
back to their families
but over 200 remain
missing. Reporting from
inside the traumatised
and blockaded community
of Chibok, Helon Habila
tracks down the survivors
and the bereaved.Two
years after the attack,
he bears witness to their
stories and to their
grief. And moving from
the personal to the
political, he presents a
comprehensive indictment
of Boko Haram, tracing
the circumstances of
their ascent and the
terrible fallout of their
ongoing presence in
Nigeria.
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From the best-selling
author of Americanah and
We Should All Be
Feminists comes a
powerful new statement
about feminism today -
written as a letter to a
friend. I have some
suggestions for how to
raise Chizalum. But
remember that you might
do all the things I
suggest, and she will
still turn out to be
different from what you
hoped, because sometimes
life just does its thing.
What matters is that you
try. In We Should All be
Feminists, her
eloquently argued and
much admired essay of
2014, Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie proposed that if
we want a fairer world we
need to raise our sons
and daughters
differently.Here, in
this remarkable new book,
Adichie replies by
letter to a friend`s
request for help on how
to bring up her newborn
baby girl as a feminist.
With its fifteen pieces
of practical advice it
goes right to the heart
of sexual politics in the
twenty-first century.
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