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Now I Know: A Review of Half of a Yellow Sun Review by Rudolf Okonkwo
At the 41st anniversary of the pogrom of 1966, I
wrote a short story I called The Blank Tape. It is a story of a video
tape in which frames of the pogrom were recorded ends up blank when...  |
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Sep 30, 2008 04:59 PM by emenanjo  | |
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 | Books for insight on American Economic Collapse
For some us that have no idea what the problem that has engulfed America really is. Below are the opportunities to get to speed, some smart folks saw the problem coming and put their thoughts to paper, while others started writing books after the problem started.
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Sep 27, 2008 07:40 PM by katampe | |
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| | How Breast Cancer Saved My Life
Maima Karmo is a breast cancer survivor originally from Liberia. In this book, she shares her experience with breast cancer. Find out more about her ... |
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Sep 26, 2008 11:45 PM by Anike | |
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Sep 22, 2008 12:08 PM by Robot | |
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 | The Bond
In this affecting follow-up to The Pact, Davis, Jenkins and Hunt (The Three Doctors as they call themselves) turn from their shared friendship to the more tenuous relationships they shared with their absent fathers. Focusing again on their childhood and youth, they each reflect separately on the... |
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Sep 19, 2008 06:06 AM by Oluwato | |
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 | My Name is Chima Uchendu and I Have a New Baby
Igbo people say umu nna bu ike (one’s kindred is one’s strength). Therefore, I have come to you, my kindred, to announce the birth of my new baby whose name is “Wayo Guy and other Nigerian Short Stories”. This child was conceived in this village before your eyes. For almost two years, numerous... |
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Sep 17, 2008 01:30 AM by Pooky | |
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 | Ibos and dey Cryin and Carryin on -Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash
Daughters of the Dust – July Dash
This book is 10 years old and I am just reading it. It is about the Gullahs. You know how you are reading and you come across something unexpectedly. It is just like when I was reading Sandra Jackson-Opuko’s book and all of sudden come upon people a |
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Sep 17, 2008 01:29 AM by Pooky | |
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 | Has anyone read The Mrs Club?
I stumbled upon this book on facebook. Ordered it (I try to support my Nigerian authors), read it in one seating and I loved it. It is light hearted and funny. Just what I needed after reading Dispatches from the edge.
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Sep 14, 2008 09:32 PM by Anike | |
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Aug 19, 2008 11:09 AM by MrsChocT | |
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 | Ancestor Stones
Ancestor Stones by Aminata Forna. The literary setting is old times in the village (well to a certain stage) and shows the strengths and weaknesses of women in Sierra Leone as far back as the early 1900's. In all, it highlights how brave women were as far back as that time. The writer has |
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Aug 17, 2008 06:11 PM by MsWoman | |
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 | Allah is not Obliged? Enna Inot
This book by Ahmadou Kouroma(late) was originally written in French but translated by Frank Wynne.
It tells the heart breaking story of Birahima,an orphaned 10 year old child traumatized and guilt stricken by his mother's death. |
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Aug 6, 2008 12:18 PM by emi | |
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 | The Mis-Education of the Negro Coming to iTunes and Audible.com
The Classic "Mis-Education of the Negro" is Coming to iTunes and Audible.com
-- Written by the founder of Black History Month, Dr. Carter G. Woodson's classic is now in audio book format and will be featured on iTunes and Audible in the coming weeks. --
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Jul 23, 2008 03:55 PM by Alata | |
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| | Eat To Live Dieting: A book on the ideal diet (based on vegetables and fruits) and the ills of the American, processed foods idet.
I'm rushing this review because it's competing with other things on my agenda, but I wanted to get some comments before I submitted it for publication.
Thanks,
NL
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Book Review:
Eat To Live... |
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Jul 21, 2008 03:52 PM by NextLevel | |
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Jul 15, 2008 05:07 PM by tengallons | |
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Jun 24, 2008 07:05 PM by Pooky | |
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| | Interventions VI: Nigeria: The Nightmare Scenario
Dr. Patrick Wilmot's book Interventions VI: Nigeria: The Nightmare Scenario is inspired by his treatment in the hands of the Nigerian military and that return trip to Nigeria almost two decades later. With the book, Wilmot attempts to come to closure on his adventurous 18-year stay in Nigeria, what... |
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Jun 23, 2008 02:45 PM by tomr | |
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 | A Mouth Sweeter than Salt
A Mouth Sweeter than Salt is an evocative narrative of Falola’s world as a child in Yorubaland. In this book we follow Falola as he navigates a most mystical labyrinth of a world that will never be. |
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Jun 8, 2008 05:14 AM by Robot | |
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 | Book Review: Measuring Time... Slowly
With the short story Habila struts his stuff, gently telling complex truths with the aid of simple enchanting prose. The reader comes away comforted by this gentle storyteller who weaves evocative tales of mean giants who trample upon the innocent as they build monstrous edifices to tyranny |
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Jun 4, 2008 06:13 PM by Robot | |
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May 21, 2008 02:16 PM by Pooky | |
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 | Heaven is so Real by CHOO THOMAS
heaven is so Real was book given to me by a pastor that comes to my office to see my M.D....i appreciated the book but never took the pains to read it....one afternoon one night at about 9pm, i decided to read a chapter and i was moved and touched....i would want you guys to read the book.... |
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May 13, 2008 09:50 AM by sandybaby | |
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| | Forest of a thousand Demons?
can anybody tell me where i can get a copy of 'The forest of a thousand demons'? Went thru Amazon online and got offered a copy for £65!!!!!
Just finished reading the palmwine drinkard and the famished road by Amos Tutola and Ben Okri. Both fantastic books, the famished road in... |
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May 12, 2008 03:16 AM by mushu | |
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May 11, 2008 09:28 PM by senatorben | |
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| | Every Thing Good Will Come By Sefi Atta
I read this book straight for 15+ hours, only stopping for neccesary breaks. Sefi's narrative style is so refreshing as she weaves a tales of growing up in Lagos, "Our Lagos" of now and then. She also very deftly, like a skilled surgeon disects the lot of the Nigerian/African woman within... |
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May 7, 2008 03:07 PM by IZONERE | |
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Apr 23, 2008 01:46 PM by Pooky | |
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 | Fela: The Life and Times of An African Musical Icon
I highly recommend this book. I thought the book was a very entertaining read. I think I got a lot out of it because of my familiarity with Naija, Lagos specifically. The situation and the characters aren’t alien to me.
Also, I appreciated the effort the author made in documentin |
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Apr 22, 2008 01:53 PM by Pooky | |
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| | The Long Harmattan Season
Has anyone read the above book? Is it any good? I thought harmattan was the name of the wind and not a season. Is this an attempt at creating an intelligent-sounding title gone wrong? |
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Apr 17, 2008 01:01 PM by Gentle Angel | |
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 | In the Name of Our Sisters: Everything Good Will Come
Sister Atta, you speak to me in your book. You speak to me from deep in the bowels of my ancestors’ coven. You speak to me howling, bawling, and soaking me in the song of our mothers’ grief. In the feverish insistence of your voice, in the feverish insistence of your rhythm, in the pounding of your... |
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Apr 15, 2008 01:21 PM by enna inot | |
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