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Welcome to Lagos
“Storylines and twists abound. But action is secondary to atmosphere: Onuzo excels at evoking a stratified city, where society weddings feature ‘ice sculptures as cold as the unmarried belles’ and thugs write tidy receipts for kickbacks extorted from homeless travelers.” —The New Yorker When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows it is time to desert his post. As he travels toward Lagos with Yemi, his junior officer, and into the heart of a political scandal involving Nigeria’s education minister, Chike becomes the leader of a new platoon, a band of runaways who share his desire for a different kind of life. Among them is Fineboy, a fighter with a rebel group, desperate to pursue his dream of becoming a radio DJ; Isoken, a 16–year–old girl whose father is thought to have been killed by rebels; and the beautiful Oma, escaping a wealthy, abusive husband. Full of humor and heart, Welcome to Lagos is a high–spirited novel about aspirations and escape, innocence and corruption. It offers a provocative portrait of contemporary Nigeria that marks the arrival in the United States of an extraordinary young writer.
Slipping
A Punk Lolita fighter-pilot rescues Tokyo from a marauding art installation. A young architect’s life is derailed by an inquisitive girl who happens to be a ghost. Loyalty to a favorite product can be addictive when it gets under your skin. In her edgy and satiric debut collection, award-winning South African author Lauren Beukes (The Shining Girls) never holds back. Ranging from Johannesburg to outer space, Beukes is a fierce and captivating presence in the literary landscape.
Kindred Spirits
"This is the first book-length comparative study of literary giants Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe"--
Ìgbà Èwe
Ìgbà Èwe is a bilingual poetry collection, containing twenty-six Yorùbá translated poems side-by-side with the original English text first published in 2014 in a collection titled Childhood by the American philosopher and professor Emily R. Grosholz. Ìgbà Èwe was first published under the Tevani imprint of Ouida Books on June 30, 2021. Grosholz' Childhood has been described as "a brilliant poetry book about the joys and challenges of adoption, childhood and motherhood." The translated paperback volume by Nigerian writer and linguist Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún also features illustrations on the cover and within the pages, done by the Nigerian writer Yemisi Aribisala. Prof. Remi Raji o...
African Roar
Foreword/Ivor W. Hartmann, Emmanuel Sigauke--Big pieces, little pieces/Novuyo Rosa Tshuma --Behind the door/Kola Tubosun --Yesterday's dog/Masimba Musodza --Nestbury tree/Ayodele Morocco-Clarke --Cost of courage/Beaven Tapureta --Lost love/Ivor W. Hartmann --Cicada in the shimmer/Christopher Mlalazi --Quarterback & Co, /Chuma Nwokolo, Jr. --Return to the moonlight/Emmanuel Sigauke --Truth floats /Nana A. Damoah --Tamale blues/Ayesha H. Attah.
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 ...
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Taduno's Song
A stunning debut from a new voice in Nigerian literature: a mesmerizing, Kafkaesque narrative, informed by the life of musical superstar Fela Kuti. The day a stained brown envelope arrives from Lagos, the exiled musician Taduno knows that the time has come to return home. Arriving back in Nigeria full of hope, he soon discovers that his people no longer recognize or remember him or his music, and that his girlfriend, Lela, has disappeared, abducted by government agents. As Taduno unravels the mystery of his lost life and searches for his lost love, he must face a difficult decision: to fight for Lela or for his people. A stunning work of fiction, Taduno’s Song is a heartfelt, deeply affecting tale of love, sacrifice, and courage.
Lagoon
"In Lagos, three total strangers are drawn to Bar Beach. A marine biologist, a rapper famous through-out Africa, and a troubled soldier are brought together when an alien ship lands in the ocean, causing a tidal wave that will transform them -- and change the world."-- Back cover of book.
