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Rachel Academy Heroes
Rachel Academy Heroes and Other Stories are stories set in Nigeria about heroism in different forms. Heroism in the face of danger, as a teacher single-handedly spearheads the resistance to a militant group's attack on his school. Heroism in defending a peoples' right to exist peacefully in spite of military action against them. Even heroism in spite of the possibility of being the victim of a witch's spell. These are stories that will warm your heart with the courage of their characters.
Naija Stories
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Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
Winner of the 2011 Costa First Novel Award When their mother catches their father with another woman, twelve year-old Blessing and her fourteen-year-old brother, Ezikiel, are forced to leave their comfortable home in Lagos for a village in the Niger Delta, to live with their mother’s family. Without running water or electricity, Warri is at first a nightmare for Blessing. Her mother is gone all day and works suspiciously late into the night to pay the children’s school fees. Her brother, once a promising student, seems to be falling increasingly under the influence of the local group of violent teenage boys calling themselves Freedom Fighters. Her grandfather, a kind if misguided man, is...
Queer Africa 2: New Stories
In Queer Africa 2: New Stories, the 26 stories by writers from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda and the USA present exciting and varied narratives on life. There are stories on desire, disruption and dreams; others on longing, lust and love. The stories are representative of the range of human emotions and experiences that abound in the lives of Africans and those of the diaspora, who identify variously along the long and fluid line of the sexuality, gender and sexual orientation spectrum in the African continent. Centred in these stories and in their attendant relationships is humanity. The writers showcase their artistry in storytelling in thought-provoking and delightful ways.
