Ogadinma

Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right is a tale of departure, loss and adaptation; of mothers whose experience at the hands of controlling men leave them with burdens they find too much to bear. After an unwanted pregnancy leaves her exiled from her family in Kano, thwarting her plans to go to university, seventeen-year-old Ogadinma is sent to her aunt's in Lagos. When a whirlwind romance with an older man descends into indignity, she is forced to channel her strength and resourcefulness to escape a fate that appears all but inevitable. A feminist classic in the making, Ukamaka Olisakwe's sophomore novel introduces a heroine for whom it is impossible not to root and announces the author as a gifted chronicler of the patriarchal experience. Illuminates a fascinating time in Nigeria's recent past, as the novel's heroine struggles against the shackles of a Church-dominated patriarchal society amid rising political turmoil · Written by a rising star of Nigeria's vibrant literature scene, a finalist for the 2019 Brittle Paper Award for Creative Nonfiction and established screenwriter · An exquisitely written bildungsroman that will appeal equally to readers of literary fiction and a new adult audience

Ogadi's life always seemed to take a turn for the worse. Born in Umuneke, a remote African village to a drunkard father and forced to live with Onome, a wicked stepmother, Ogadi thought life couldn't be worse. She quickly found out how wrong she was when she was plucked out of Umuneke and thrown into the city. Amidst the painful feelings of bitterness, suffering, sorrow, poverty, blackmail and joyful celebration, the author evolves the mysteries surrounding poor Ogadi's miserable life.

Daughters Who Walk This Path depicts the dramatic coming of age of Morayo, a spirited and intelligent girl growing up in 1980s Ibadan who is thrust into a web of oppressive silence woven by the adults around her. It's a legacy of silence many women in Morayo's family share. Only Aunty Morenike-once protected by her own mother-provides Morayo with a safe home, and a sense of female community which sustains Morayo as she grows into a young woman in bustling, politically charged, often violent Nigeria.

Destiny calls many people around the world to do great things and make a difference in their communities, countries, and societies. In Nigeria, destiny set its eyes on an orphan boy called Amajuoyi. After leaving home in the wake of abuse by his father's other family, Amajuoyi is found by a palm-wine tapper named Nkwuzor, who makes him his son and raises him to be an honorable man. But the road to greatness isn't always smooth, and Amajuoyi encounters several bitter and disheartening challenges along the way. But in the end-with faith, forgiveness, and perseverance-he finally achieves the great honor that destiny has prepared for him all along.

What would you do if you couldn't die no matter how much danger you're in? If you couldn't stop until your life's mission is accomplished? How would you negotiate divine mandates and human adventures? Biték is a condensed cross-cultural tale of a man with a divine assignment: to save his village from the hands of colonisation. This is an expository account of European colonisation's religious beliefs, laws, blatant violations and historical aggressions geared towards eradicating the cultural identity of Biték's African ancestors. Moreover, this book demonstrates the developed political, social, spiritual and religious system Biték's African ancestors had before violations of their natural rights in all kinds. As an exhumation of a great African tradition buried by European colonisation, Biték presents a vibrant appeal for the protection and preservation of world heritage. PRAISE FOR BITÉK 'A story of a simple man with an extraordinary will to live and let live.' - Jericka P. Orellano, Managing Editor, Lexcode Philippines 'This is a unique and fascinating book-wonderful storytelling that grips your attention, together with a razor-sharp deconstruction of the damage inflicted by European colonization on the life, culture and spiritual traditions of the author's African ancestors ... I wholeheartedly recommend this book to you-independent of your cultural background and spiritual understanding." - Rev. Dr. David Keizan Scott Roshi, Founder, StoneWater Zen Sangha, United Kingdom 'This is a book of wisdom.' - Mbombog Mbenda, patriarch and custodian of the Basaa tradition 'An extraordinary contribution to the exhumation and understanding of our tradition buried by colonization.' - Mbombog Mbeleg, patriarch and traditional priest of the Basaa tradition

Ogbeyialu was not born like every other person. Sequel, she had no person in this world except Ade and she was the only person in Ade's life. Her birth placed her on the lowest social stratum. She was an evening flower and their peculiar world made Ade give her the nod to run his life. Fate brought Ade to Col. Kalu, one of the Biafran leaders. Circumstances and the meeting conspired and forced him to research on the Nigeria Biafra War for his degree project. Lilly, a head turner with brains, was from a rich and powerful family. Many men with muscles wanted her hand in marriage but she would not look their way. She wanted Ade but he did not want her and did not want to get near her. He had nothing, as a result, was not yet ready for marriage. Lilly's father was dangerous. Ade's background made him weak and vulnerable but her uncle and foster father, Joe Onuma, was a Biafran captain and had a truckload of the war stories. Research apart, Lilly would give Ade what he did not have.

Mark Nwagwu’s My Eyes Dance is a novel of character and a novel of ideas. The character around whom most of the action accretes is Chioma Ijeoma, and the ideas surrounding most of the themes are about African ancestor worship and its attendant idea of totemism. Chioma, a great grand daughter of Pa Akadike of Okeosisi becomes the carrier of the ancestral genes by receiving an ancestral ‘walking stick’ that has a mind of its own and tries to influence Chioma’s actions at important moments in her life. The totem becomes Chioma’s alter ego, the projection of her life-drive which keeps her in contact with her profession and her society.